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New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a warm welcome to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s planning reforms. This week Rayner...

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it welcomes the new Labour government’s ambitious housing plans - but it also casts...

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

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

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

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

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

A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

A lettings agent who has made a series of outbursts against landlords and councils, has now turned his anger on proposed...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...