NEWS ARCHIVES
Response to White Paper on adequate housing, fair rents and affordability
Propertymark says it will continue to make the case on more positive methods to increase supply and achieve affordability
Property industry reacts to Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates
Bank of England cuts rates to 4.5%, but some members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted for a sharper reduction to 4.25%
Long-standing franchise acquired by rival estate agency
Estate agency announces the acquisition of well-known firm with a rebrand now on the agenda
More lenders drop mortgage rates as product choice improves
Hot on the heels of Barclays and Coventry Building Society cutting rates earlier this week, further lenders announce reductions
Comings & Goings
Snippets of industry news: Gwyn Gittins returns to Spicerhaart as estate agency eyes significant growth; Simon Gates joins Open Moove; Charnock Bates hires land and new homes manager
Barclays IT chaos and service outage left a family “homeless”
A number of property transactions were affected by last Friday’s Barclays banking outage
Grey belt planning policy ‘rushed’ and ‘incoherent’ – Lords report
A Lords committee said the policy had not been properly ‘thought through’
Zoopla steps up to the crease with roadshows
The roadshows will capitalise on the property portal’s position as the official property partner of England Cricket
Labour MP to head up Build-to-Rent taskforce
The taskforce will meet regularly over the next 18 months