Comings & Goings

London’s property market is ready to bounce back once the Budget is revealed next week, a senior agent from Chestertons has predicted. Residential sales in the Capital are at “a turning point”, with inflation stabilising and lending conditions improving says Matthew Thompson (main image), the firm’s Head of Sales. Bottom of cycle The market “has…

The family home will be exempt from Inheritance Tax if the Tories get into power, Kemi Badenoch (main image) has revealed. Speaking at the party’s conference, she said the death tax on family homes would be axed if the Conservatives win the next General Election. Couples would also get a further £1million allowance that would…

Rumble with the Agents will return to London on Thursday 11 June 2026, bringing property professionals together for another evening of white-collar boxing and fundraising in support of North London Hospice. Now in its 11th year in the Capital, Paul Shamplina’s charity event has become a sell-out fixture in the property industry calendar and has…

The NRLA is calling on the Justice Select Committee to ask “difficult questions” about how the courts will cope with the impact of the Renters’ Rights Act (RRA), warning the industry is still “in the dark” about what preparations are actually in place. CEO Ben Beadle (pictured) said that with just three months until Section…

  Wide-ranging new powers for local council officers to enter a letting agency’s office will come into force before the end of the year. Under the new Renters’ Rights Act 2025, its ‘investigatory powers’ allow entry with or even without a warrant under some circumstances. The new law also applies to rented homes giving similar…

Damp or structural issues would stop around a third of buyers making an offer on a property, research suggests. New analysis from estate agency brand LRG, whose surveying business trades as MAP Chartered Surveyors, found that damp or structural issues would stop 35% of buyers making an offer, placing them joint third among the reasons…