BLOG: Welcome to housing, Steve, but you’ll never ‘build baby build’

    London estate agent wishes new Housing Secretary Steve Reed well, but is sceptical his promises will fare any better than previous incumbents.

    BLOG: ‘Here’s how we can all make selling homes faster’

    Roxanne Barker has worked in the property industry long enough to know it has serious flaws. But is it broken? And how can we fix it?

    ‘Target’ culture is estate agency’s problem, not conditional selling or over-valuing

    Yorkshire independent estate agent explains why he thinks why some agencies are revealed to be engaged in 'dubious' practices.

    BLOG: ‘Flat owners waited for leasehold extension reform, but now it’s costing them £1,000s’

    Leading leasehold figure reveals how Government foot-dragging is costing flat owners who gambled on reform dearly.

    BLOG: Chancellor’s Leeds Reforms won’t move the dial – here’s why

    Finance chief casts a critical eye over the Chancellor's much-vaunted mortgage reforms and finds them wanting.

    BLOG: This is why estate agencies must stop over-pricing properties to get listings

    Following more revelations about over-pricing at Purplebricks in this week's Panorama programme, Trevor Abrahmson says agents must stop using the tactic to get win business.

    BLOG: ‘Rumoured ‘wealth tax’ will only push more millionaires out of UK’

    Inward investment in the UK including its housing market is desperately needed but taxing the 'broad shoulders' harder will only put the wealthy off, argues leading agent.

    BLOG: Are you ready for the compliance crunch renting reforms will create?

    Outsourced property management expert, Joel Gibson-Gleave, explores the challenges posed to letting agents by rental reforms – and potential solutions.

    GUEST BLOG: ‘Daft’ non-dom tax changes have predictably forced the wealthy out

    As officialy statistics show the non-dom tax changes have significantly cooled the London prime market, a leading agent slams the Chancellor for not seeing this coming.

    BLOG: ‘Estate agency software must be good, but crucially also reliable’

    MRI Software MD says that while property software is essential for the modern estate agent, having a provider who can support you when things go wrong is more important.

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