Strong growth at The Property Franchise Group with half-year trading update

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the higher taxes, it’s tempting to look back and reminisce about buying a five-bedroom Georgian house in Hammersmith for £2,000, as a friend of mine did during the 1960s. Earnings were proportionately lower then so…

A Dudley-based estate agent has lost his tribunal appeal and has been hit with fines totalling £15,500. Andrew Cole, trading as Andrew Cole Estates, was fined £14,000 for breaching client money protection regulations between January and August 2023, and a further £1,500 for failing to publish required fee information on his website in January 2023….

AI adoption across construction and commercial property has accelerated significantly over the past year, but firms are struggling to turn pilot studies into routine practice, according to new research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The RICS AI in Commercial Property and Construction Report 2026, based on more than 3,100 responses from industry…

Rent activist groups have attacked London councils for failing to police rogue landlords, warning renters’ rights will mean little without prosecutions, inspections and action on illegal evictions. Giving evidence to the London Assembly Housing Committee, Niamh Evans, Policy Officer at the Renters’ Reform Coalition, said the reforms were “the most significant improvement to renter protections…

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Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook (pictured) came out fighting when asked by MPs about the Government’s record during the past two years. He said much had been achieved and there was always a plan, despite an admission by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s former adviser that Labour hadn’t made sufficient preparations for power. Major achievements Pennycook pointed…