Lawmakers should ‘come down on estate agents like a ton of bricks’, Lords say
In England, estate agents do not need any professional qualifications, licences or prior training. It is an outlier compared to...
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How we turned a tired Sixties house into a stylish modern home
To explore how Bulcraig would like to live in the house, Attanayake began with what she calls “the briefing game”,...
‘Our wood burner triggers a neighbour’s asthma – can we still use it?’
Your neighbour is mistaken about expecting to be told when they bought their house about your wood burner. Standard property...
War on landlords risks billions for economy and thousands of jobs
PwC used official figures to compare the profits made by private landlords to the benefits to the economy enabled by...
the house names that come with the highest prices
Houses named the Old Rectory were worth on average £200,000 more than properties titled the Old Vicarage, which are typically...
Why it’s Tony Blair’s fault that you cannot buy a house
Again, the unaffordability of housing in London is both a symptom and a cause of Sir Tony’s toxic economic legacy,...
Landlord MPs leave Gove’s rental reform bill ‘close to collapse’
But Polly Neate, chief executive of the charity Shelter, accused landlords of holding the bill hostage.She added: “It is outrageous...
‘I grew up on a Welsh farm, now I’m a duchess running a 10,000-acre estate’
What was your first home?A farmhouse on the Welsh border. We did bed and breakfast and my job, aged seven,...
Housebuilders’ £2.5bn merger faces competition investigation
The competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Barratt’s £2.5bn deal to buy rival Redrow.An agreement between two of Britain’s...
The one last big mistake that Michael Gove is determined to make
Furthermore, the bill is the latest in a string of anti-landlord and anti-property investor policies that have punished second home...
