Housing White Paper: Professional Opinion

Described as helping the “homeowners of tomorrow”, the recently released Housing White Paper outlines the government’s long-term plan to deal with the UK’s housing crisis.

New Housing and Justice Secretaries in Theresa May’s Cabinet

Gavin Barwell has been made housing minister, replacing Brandon Lewis. Barwell is now minister of state for housing and planning. As well as housing, the MP for Croydon Central is now also minister for London at the Department for Communities and Local Government, under new DCLG minister Sajid Javid. Brandon Lewis is now minister of […]

Brexit vote likely to slow housing market

The vote on the UK’s membership of the EU is likely to slow the UK’s housing market as part of a wider slowdown according to experts. Housebuilders have been particularly hard hit with shares in the UK’s two biggest builders Barratt and Persimmon falling by a huge 21% and 24% by 11am. Eddie Goldsmith, Chairman […]