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MPs tell Jeremy Hunt that he should look to “free up” housing stock by abolishing the levy for buyers seeking to downsize

The Conservative MPs have been accused of holding up and weakening the proposed reforms to give renters more rights

The conversation around professional standards and qualifications in estate agency has become a focal point of political debate

The housing secretary says he will protect local residents from being pushed out of their communities by excessive short-term lets thanks to changes in planning rules; Airbnb responds

The longest-serving housing minister in the modern Conservative era, Grant Shapps passed the two-year mark in his role, from May 2010 – September 2012

The vast majority of agents think up-front information would improve the homebuying process

Progress of the Renters Reform Bill through the House of Commons has been slow

HS Conveyancing’s Ruth Beeton says solicitors in modern conveyancing are no longer practise law

Russell Quirk criticises MPs after an ‘astonishingly intellectually vacant’ amendment to the government’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was tabled by the shadow housing minister

All estate agents would require to have at least one A-level and all directors of estate agencies must have an undergraduate degree under Labour’s tabled housing reforms