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There's a mixed bag of reactions to the Government's proposed sweeping reform of the planning system.

While many are talking about a migration from the city to the suburbs or country, being right in the mixer has definite advantages, says Simon Rose...

Expectations around the Government’s ‘radical’ new reforms were high, but on closer inspection they remind Adam Hesse of the story of the Emperor’s New Clothes...

Farrer & Co's legal team outlines four potential solutions to a persistent problem in the conveyancing system...

Where sellers are flexible and in touch with reality, deals have kept going when they might otherwise have faltered, reports PCL agent Nic Pejacsevich...

Permitted development rights are in hot debate as the Government attempts to reform the planning system, deliver more housing and build the UK out of the Coronavirus crisis, with questions remaining over…

The industry can learn many things from the last few months, writes Sara Bailey, including how buildings can help alleviate the problem of loneliness in our communities.

The rules around stamp duty are unduly complex, writes Elizabeth Small - and complexity inevitably brings a degree of uncertainty, which benefits neither the taxpayer nor the taxman...

Rishi's holiday won't make much of a dent in many prime purchasers’ SDLT bills, but it pays to be aware of some of the other lesser-known rules around this complex tax;

Bridging the gap between buyer expectations and seller sentiment will be one of the major challenges in the months to come, writes Richard Adamson...

If a stamp duty holiday is designed to help kick-start the economy, is that not a tacit acceptance of its flaws as a tax, asks Tom Bill...

"Property prices are critical to UK prosperity," writes Professor Alexander Tziamalis.