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Rigorous government targets to improve EPC ratings in the private rental sector and the wider housing stock won’t be met without...

Property industry supplier Iamproperty says some 670,000 students will likely be seeking private rental properties in the upcoming academic year -...

Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has launched a comprehensive review of the National Planning Policy Framework. The objective is...

Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...

The John Lewis Partnership has received the green light to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new Build To...

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...

Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...

New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...

Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...

Propertymark has struck a lukewarm tone in its response to Labour’s housing ambitions. The trade body says that to meet its manifesto...

Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...

High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...

London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...

Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...

The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...

Houseful - the company which operates Zoopla amongst other industry brands - has launched Movemnt, which it describes as “a national...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...

The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...

A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...

Fewer than one in five homeowners support the government’s plans to ban gas boilers in new homes by 2025, with 83...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

A long-established agency has created what it calls a “super office” in its city. John Payne Estate Agents, which has been active...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...

Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket.  Hosted by...

Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

A development site sourcing firm claims that reclassifying just one per cent of England’s Green Belt could unlock space for almost...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

A lack of direction and constant shifts in planning policy at local and national government level is putting a block on...

Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

The number of new prospective tenants registering per Propertymark member branch held at 91 in February - very close to last...

Pre-tax profits for Connells Group have plummeted from £111.3m in 2021 to £67.5m last year - but its lettings division has...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...

The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

CJ Hole, part of The Property Franchise Group, has expanded with the acquisition of an independent firm in Bristol. CJ Hole owner...

Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new...

Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...

The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...