1 July 2024
General election: The key property pledges
The last general election seems a lifetime ago and after a turbulent few years, a global pandemic, an economic crash, three conservative prime ministers and an ageing lettuce, the 4 July 2024 election is upon us and forecasters predict that change is likely. Whilst topics such as the NHS and the economy have taken centre stage, there have been a number of property pledges and housing targets proposed across the parties. Here we seek to cut through the manifesto jargon and highlight the key themes of housing policies from the Labour Party, Conservative party, Liberal Democrats and the Green party.
10 June 2024
How to maintain privacy & confidentiality when buying, selling or improving a prime residence
For those buying, selling or carrying out improvement works on a prime residence, it can be very important to maintain privacy and confidentiality, particularly if you already have a public profile. Fortunately, there are a range of possible steps that can be taken.
5 June 2024
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act (“the Act”) became law on 24 May 2024. The Act aims to enhance the rights and benefits for homeowners in England. There is, however, debate as to potency of the Act given the absence of the proposed ground rent cap (which had been discussed for some time) and the failure to ban forfeiture of long residential leases.
22 May 2024
What is the Biodiversity Net Gain?
As of February 2024, the Biodiversity Net Gain has been introduced to major developments and was also rolled out to include small developments in April 2024. Developers will have to not only preserve but also enhance the biodiversity of their developments by 10% above the pre-development levels, tools such as biodiversity units and credits can help developers achieve this.
20 May 2024
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 – Sainsbury’s case reignites calls for reform
As the 1954 Landlord & Tenant Act celebrates a milestone birthday, recent case law demonstrating the strength of Tenants’ security of tenure, has renewed calls to modernise the aging legislation.
