Latest News

Julie James The Welsh government has reappointed Julie James as housing minister. James has been reappointed to the role under new First Minister Vaughan Gething, who was elected as Welsh leader last week. The move has been…

The Conservatives have been accused of ditching their manifesto pledge to reduce ground rents to zero, after reports that Michael Gove is struggling to gain significant support within his part to reform current leaseholds. Gove, the housing secretary, has been…

Barnsdales hires Graham Chase Graham Chase Barnsdales has hired Graham Chase, a fellow and former president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), to head up its London office. Chase has joined Barnsdales as head of valuations to lead…

Long-standing Hunters Bromley and Chislehurst franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by about 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters Sidcup. The Sidcup office, run for a decade by Mark and Amanda Dawson, has now closed, with…

Daniel Daggers Netflix has released a trailer for ‘Buying London’, a UK spin on the hit US show, Selling Sunset, which will premier in May. The London-based show, follows agent Daniel Daggers, who started his own luxury estate agency after…

The leasehold reform dream could be over for leaseholders across the country, as the Treasury fears the move would have wiped up to £40bn off pension fund investment. That is according to a report in the Sunday…

Above, from left, Lisa Nguyen, Nora Aguirre, Jemila Winsey and Anita Legacy Blue In recent years, the real estate industry has been undergoing a transformative shift toward greater diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). To gain insights into this evolution, we…

Compass is the latest major brokerage to announce that it is settling commission lawsuits, and is the first company that has only been named in copycat suits to do so, agreeing to pay $57.5 million and change practices in exchange…

Friday, March 15, 2024 will very likely go down in history as the day residential real estate changed forever. Whether that’s for the better is yet to be determined. On that day, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) agreed to…

Gibson vs. NAR, one of the many real estate commission lawsuits across the industry, has proposed a trial date in the Western District of Missouri. With the onslaught of news surrounding NAR’s recently proposed settlement, it may seem confusing that…