5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (307+ words) Complaints to the New Homes Ombudsman tripled in the last year, with a higher number being upheld. The ombudsman’s annual report shows that the number of cases received increased from 593 in 2024/25 to 1,802. Meanwhile, the proportion of decisions in favour of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (488+ words) Much is being made at the moment about what to do with Britain’s ‘deserted’ high streets, a topic high on many estate agency owners’ agendas as their firms face higher and higher rents and business rates despite diminishing footfall. This…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed rising star Katie Lam (pictured) as the new Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. She faces Angela Rayner as her opposite number in the House of Commons. Lam was chosen…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) Analysis by lettings agency brand Benham and Reeves found that almost two-thirds – at 62.7% – of landlords intend to maintain their current portfolio over the next year, while just 3.9% plan to expand. The research ranks landlord taxation ranking as both the biggest…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (330+ words) Britain has an “acute and entrenched housing crisis”, the housing minister has said. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today Programme, Matthew Pennycook revealed that the Government needed “do more” to solve the crisis. In particular, he said a massive council homes…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1317+ words) Thank goodness the wooden-headed former Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is now firmly part of the history books. To replace him, we have the ‘hey-Ho, off to work we go’ Mr. Burnham and, judging by his obsession with ‘buuuses’ and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (316+ words) The value of new bridging loans taken out by homeowners has jumped £1.83billion, new research has suggested. The increase covers the 12 month period to the end of March this year, and is up from £1.75billion during the same period a year earlier....