“ilke Homes welcomes the news that the government’s Housing Implementation Taskforce met at Downing Street today. Homes England’s role is reinforced and there seems to be strengthening cross-Government commitment to dealing with the issues demonstrated by the key departments of... View Article

According to the latest ONS figures private rental prices paid by tenants in London grew by 0.4 percent in 2017, stretching the budget of the average London house hunter. Further insights from the LSL Rental Index found that London rents... View Article

It his been reported that the Labour party plans to force landowners to sell their land to the state for a fraction of its value, in order to reduce the cost of constructing additional council houses. Nick Leavey, Partner and Head of the Commercial Property team... View Article

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has strongly welcomed the announcement over the weekend that the Government will now be supporting Karen Buck MP’s Private Members Bill on housing and landlords. The Labour MP’s bill seeks to update the... View Article

As the UK’s population is set to exceed the 70 million mark and house prices continue to rise alongside interest rates, solicitors at JMW warn a housing crisis will result in more multi-generational households in 2018 than ever before. The... View Article

Unscrupulous landlords and letting agents who exploit their tenants will have ‘nowhere to hide’ as the Mayor Sadiq Khan today fulfilled a manifesto commitment and launched a new public online database to protect people privately renting homes in the capital.... View Article

The Construction Products Association has welcomed the publication of the interim report from Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. Having consulted widely with the industry including the CPA, the Review team has singled out two... View Article

Today it has been announced that Purfleet Centre Regeneration Limited (“PCRL”) have, following extensive consultation and with the support of the local community in Purfleet, submitted an application for outline planning permission for their £1 billion regeneration scheme for Purfleet... View Article

Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter, said: “Six months on from the horror of Grenfell and there is still much to be done to aid the survivors and to ensure that nothing like it can ever happen again. “We have seen... View Article

Simon Brooks, lead originator at Investec Structured Property Finance, commented: “Clearly this is a welcome move that will help some developers improve the viability of sites and will hopefully give more certainty to developers when they acquire unconsented sites with... View Article

While we may be able to protect ourselves from the freezing, winter temperatures by wrapping up, our properties are not so lucky. Winter is often the peak season for buildings to experience damage. The best way to ensure that your... View Article

Tenancy deposits are there to protect landlords in the event of unpaid rent or damage to their property. Most tenants will get their full deposits back, but there are instances where the landlord may need to keep part – or... View Article

Commenting on a UK Government announcement that the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap on housing benefit (due to enter into force for social tenants in April 2019) will no longer apply to the social housing sector, made by Prime Minister... View Article