Property industry reacts to latest Rightmove House Price Index

Estate agents must be subject to the same professional and ethical framework as conveyancers, or reforms to the home buying and selling process will not work, according to Stephen Ward (pictured), Director of Strategy and External Relations at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC). Responding to the Government’s recent consultations on home buying and selling…

Bristol City Council has launched a consultation on extending Article 4 Directions that will restrict the creation of new HMOs in a city with a big student population and where there is already a chronic shortage of shared accommodation. The proposal is to remove permitted development rights for small houses in multiple occupation, meaning landlords…

Savills has delivered a good performance in 2025 “despite challenging markets”, with the Group expecting solid year-on-year growth at least in line with expectations, helped by an improvement in transactional momentum in Q4. In a year-end trading statement to the City for the 12 months to 31 December 2025, Savills said the market recovery seen…

An property firm has boasted that “there’s nothing we can’t sell” after securing buyers for a house completely gutted in a suspected arson attack (main image). Ray Cooke Auctioneers suffered a barrage of abuse on social media earlier this year when the firm advertised the property in Dublin with a guide price of €225,000. Huge…

Estate agents who suspect that they would have a lot more homes to sell if Stamp Duty were abolished or reformed have some new data to back them up. Not-for-profit company Tax Policy Associates (TPA), which was founded by campaigning accountant Dan Neidle, says it has used official statistics to work out how many more…

Nottingham City Council has become the first authority in the country to adopt a comprehensive enforcement package, spanning ground rents to the full suite of letting agency regulations. The move is designed to strengthen the council’s powers to crack down on poor standards, unlawful charges and inefficient buildings in the private rented and leasehold markets….