Recent Articles

Grenfell, offsite construction and a ‘broken housing market’ (in: Houses)
Sep 25, 2017

Housing and Planning Minister Alok Sharma addressed the RESI Conference 2017 on fixing the ‘broken housing market’, which he said must be a combined effort between the government and industry.

Agency Mentors search for the UK’s most inspirational agent (in: Letting Agent Fees)
Oct 24, 2016

The estate and letting agent training and development company, Agency Mentors, have launched their UK search for an inspirational agent.

Landlords are so diverse that it’s virtually impossible to inform them of regulations, says report (in: Latest Property Market Statistics 2017)
Jul 5, 2016

Landlords are such a diverse group of people that it’s almost impossible to reach them to communicate rules and regulations, according to a new report. The report, ‘Who are the individual landlords providing private rented accommodation?’ was written by industry expert Kate Faulkner, of Designs on Property, with the support of the TDS Charitable Foundation, which works to advance education about housing rights and obligations.

Housing stats watch! (in: House Prices)
May 3, 2016

Over the last few months I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated at the inaccurate statistics being used in the media on housing. Yes I know, that’s always the way, but in my view what worries me is the impact this has on people’s housing decisions.

Will the controversial Housing Bill help you? (in: Latest Property Market Statistics 2017)
Apr 14, 2016

The Housing Bill proposes some pretty extreme changes for the housing market and whilst some are quite good, many are being very heavily criticised. With the Conservatives holding only a tiny majority and the Lords flexing its muscles in this parliament over Bills - a prime example being the tax credits defeat last year - quite frankly, anything could happen before the Bill is passed.