Boris Johnson
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COVID-19
Housing market market to stay open in new Tier 4 areas
Announcement by Boris and commentary from civil servants and Robert Jenrick suggest - but do not confirm - that branches may stay open.
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Here’s how to get out of the housing crisis, Boris!
Nick Milton, a biographer of much-maligned Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, says our current PM could learn a lot from his time in office.
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Boris executes U-turn over controversial house building algorithm
Government says it has listened to the many MPs whose rural constituencies would have seen 'rapid urbanisation' if the algorithm had been used.
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New lockdown won’t stop housing market boom, says industry chief
NAEA Propertymark Chief Executive Mark Hayward claims buying and selling will continue with gusto despite lockdown.
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PM’s new 95% LTV mortgages will ‘add two million owner-occupiers to market’
But commitment today by Boris Johnson to introduce fixed-rate long-term mortgages gets mixed response from industry.
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Features
Planning for revolution
The government is consulting on its radical proposals for the planning approval process in England – but will it really allow developers to build more homes, asks Nigel Lewis?
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Bojo’s huge changes to planning laws to free up house builders
Swathes of planning 'red tape' are to be swept aside to help builders construct on brownfield sites more easily as Bojo declares war on 'newt counting'.
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Government advice unravels as estate agents go back to work
Boris Johnson's vague advice on TV and in parliament yesterday has persuaded some estate agencies that some staff are now allowed to return to their branches.
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Industry reaction to Bojo’s big COVID plan (and its lack of property)
Plan published today gives more details about PM's strategy and mild easing of some restrictions starting tomorrow, but little succour for estate agents.
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UPDATED: Estate agents to hear at 2pm if PM’s vague comments about ‘return to work’ apply to them
Vague nature of PM's statement last night is questioned by legal expert while commentators wonder how agents can travel to work on public transport.
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