BREAKING: Andrew Milne, the solicitor who has been buying up hundreds of freeholds in Sheffield and then demanding money from homeowners, has been sentenced to a 24 month community order and 300 hours of unpaid work for “grossly offensive and menacing” emails to the court reporter Daniel Cloake.
NiMBY argument of the day - “the "rural idyll" where he once explored the fields and woods would be lost if the development went ahead.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Filled up with heating oil by chance last Friday at 0.58ppl.
Today it's at 1.34ppl with some paying 1.42ppl.
Booking Angela Rayner to speak to estate and letting agents proves controversial. Order your popcorn for 12th June! propertyindustryeye.com/propertymark...
Only a few days after Rachel Reeves stood in the Commons to talk about how much the government was saving homeowners on their mortgages, this happens...
www.thetimes.com/money/mortga...
Of course it’s not unsellable, just being the price down! bit.ly/4aZEEMM it’s only worth what a willing buyer will pay on the day you want to sell it,
If you haven't seen it already and have 20 minutes I promise you'll be pleased you watched this absolute gem; www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMqU...
Wow! Both ex-housing secretaries Angela Rayner and Michael Gove giving freeholders & Treasury both barrels today to Housing committee on the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. www.youtube.com/live/s_Qonb6...
Meanwhile, while Nick Candy is dodging the drones in Dubai back in London there are some problems with the plumbing www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
It also goes without saying that the OBR's house building forecast, going from the low point of house building in 2026/27 to its highest levels ever just 3 years later, in 2029/30, & then rising even further in 2030/31, is ludicrously overoptimistic, as it was back in November.
#SpringStatement
Please Nick, feel free to stay there! #Muppet www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
"Hey Siri, show me the toughest job in estate agency this week."
📻 Just how much can an estate or letting agent exaggerate about a property before it becomes a fib & what can you do it they go too far? Winifred Robinson wants to know after the news on You & Yours at 12.05.
30% of the homes we buy are off-market, not on websites or in estate agents windows.
Spot on in the @FT www.ft.com/content/0989...
Half of all homes marketed don't sell & of those that do 80% achieve less than the guide. So no surprise to hear @richard_donnell say: “We are in a buyer’s market, so some homes having price reductions to attract more demand are a regular occurrence." inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
To all those fizzing about the The Green Party please remember that when it comes to a housing policy they are only a first cousin once removed from Monster Raving Loons! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For the love of God! 🤬 Is there any way to filter out the political navel-gazing from my timeline?
I don't give a flying f*ck about the Gorton & Gromitt by-election result, its implications for Andy Burnham or what Chris Mason had for breakfast!
TikTok, YouTube and Facebook are full of rubbish tax influencers, spinning any kind of old codswallop, whether it's for clicks or fees
I'm trying to create a "Greatest Hits" list. The worst of the worst
I'd love it if people could post examples. I'll start - Samuel Leeds:
According to HMRC the provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in January 2026 was 79,880, 3% lower than January 2025 and 24% lower than December 2025
Hours of fun, thank you Martin.
See you and raise..
Get in the queue guys!
The ultimate balanced article.
Banning second homes in holiday spots works for some people but not for everyone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you don't like gardening then I've may have just the place for you.. www.onthemarket.com/details/1708...
I know it's like the 279th most important way this can fuck right off, but anyone who describes themselves as pro-natal without even *glancing* at the housing shortage should be buried up to their neck with their face smeared in raspberry jam
Some people are only just cottoning on to the fact that prices for many homes (especially flats) in the Capital are back where they were in 2013. Factor in inflation and they're even lower!
Fresh from his 'What's the Monarchy for' series it was good to hear the other Dimbleby's take on Andrews arrest. David much more measured than his little brother yesterday talking to
Sarah Montague on World at One.
Just getting this doodle in before someone like Matt does a proper job.
