Policy

Developers, policymakers and investors are coming round to the idea that green development makes economic sense, says Jojo Romarx Salas...

The Home Buying & Selling Industry group has created an informal pledge to improve transparency and help speed up the home-buying process, which has been signed-up to be the RICS, NAEA Propertymark, Rightmove,…

"Now is not the right time to outline long-term plans - people want to see us focused on the here and now," says HM Treasury. "So we are confirming today that there will be no Budget this autumn."

Sadiq Khan is angling for new devolved powers that would allow City Hall to control rents in London.

Climate change is bound to have a powerful effect on the property market in the coming years, writes James Horgan, and for investors, owners and private buyers, the time to act is now...

Bank Holiday weekend newspapers carry "leaks" of Treasury plans for a "£30bn triple tax raid" and/or a "quintuple whammy of tax increases".

Although opposition to development may sometimes slow things down as politicians try to avoid unpopular decisions, its effects on housebuilding are far from clear, explains Andy Inch...

The Coronavirus-induced evictions ban has been extended until 20th September, and tenant notice periods have been extended to six months until "at least" the end of March 2021.

A public Call for Evidence has been launched to help policy-makers "understand both the challenges and opportunities facing Suburbs, in order to identify potential policy solutions which aim to support…

Rishi Sunak’s emergency measure to boost the housing market is working, says Knight Frank, and there’s an argument for making it permanent...

This is "radical reform unlike anything we have seen since the Second World War," declares the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, as the Planning for the Future consultation opens.