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September 29, 2025
'Ambition alone will not build homes': Industry seeks reform to help government with New Towns
"Targeted and robust interventions" to ease issues around planning and capital costs are required to help the government deliver three New Towns before the middle of 2029, real estate experts have argued.
September 26, 2025
Government looks to 'revive' struggling high streets with £5 billion funding package
Government plans to invest £5 billion into struggling high streets must be coupled with business rates reform if Downing Street wants to help landlords secure tenants, the British Property Federation has warned.
September 16, 2025
Top planning lawyer brought in to advise government on reforms
The government has appointed leading planning lawyer Catherine Howard to help drive through planning reforms ahead of the Autumn Budget.
September 5, 2025
Housing secretary Rayner resigns after property tax row
British Property Federation chief executive Melanie Leech is calling on the government to use Angela Rayner's departure as an opportunity to rethink its plans to scrap upward-only rent reviews.
September 2, 2025
British Columbia's new local residential targets would add nearly 39,000 units
British Columbia said new minimum residential construction targets would add almost 39,000 units across 10 cities in the next five years, to address the growing housing shortage.
August 19, 2025
British Columbia leaders reject call by real estate developers to ease foreign buyer ban
British Columbia provincial leaders rejected a call by Vancouver's largest developers for the government to loosen restrictions on foreign investment in real estate as the country grapples with a housing crisis.
August 11, 2025
Trump nominates former Cushman & Wakefield CEO to head federal property agency
President Donald Trump nominated a former leader of commercial real estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield to head the government’s civilian real estate portfolio shortly after a shakeup at the top of the federal agency.
August 8, 2025
Landlords 'at the end of their tether' with high street restructuring plans
River Island's plans to push through rent-free agreements at dozens of its stores have been green lit by a High Court judge, with industry experts warning that landlords are coming to the end of their tether following a slew of high street restructuring plans.
August 6, 2025
British Land instructs law firm to check high street restructuring plans
UK real estate investment trust British Land has called in lawyers to examine restructuring deals drafted by high street brands River Island and Poundland.
July 18, 2025
Rethinking rent reviews: why the government’s reform may backfire
The government’s decision to allow both upward and downward rent reviews marks a significant shift in commercial property leasing. Promoted as a move toward fairness and flexibility, this reform could, in practice, create more problems than it solves. This will affect both landlords and tenants alike.
July 18, 2025
The West of England’s devolution journey and the path forward to secure prosperity for the region
As an influential city within the West of England Combined Authority, in Bristol, devolution is already facilitating meaningful change, supporting ambitious developments and investment in key sectors such as technology, advanced engineering, sustainable infrastructure, housing and transport. However, for Bristol to capitalise fully on its potential and move to the next stage of regional prosperity, there are critical steps to consider, particularly around investment attraction, transport, infrastructure planning, and inclusive growth.
July 8, 2025
Rights of light claim upheld in pyrrhic victory against £35 million London office tower
A test-case nuisance rights of light claim against the 19-storey, £35 million Arbor office tower at London's Bankside Yards development has been upheld in the High Court but the judge has thrown out an application for injunction against the development, in a decision with major implications for UK real estate.
July 7, 2025
Commercial property pros focus on incentives in sweeping federal tax and funding law
Commercial real estate professionals expect the sweeping $4.5 trillion federal tax and funding bill signed into law by President Donald Trump to have some positive effects on the property industry.
July 2, 2025
Texas looks to film incentives to boost its star power against Hollywood, New York
Texas is muscling further into the filming business with the kind of bold bet usually reserved for a summer blockbuster.
July 2, 2025
Building remediation: challenges and progress
The changes to building safety that followed the Grenfell disaster are to be welcomed in many, many respects. While challenging to implement, the emphasis on finding ways to remediate residential buildings that are unsafe has to be right and appropriate.
June 26, 2025
Building Safety Levy: What you need to know for 2026
The Building Safety Act 2022 gave the government the power to impose a building safety levy on new residential buildings requiring certain building control approvals.
June 24, 2025
Industrial Strategy: Government aims to power up manufacturing and AI sectors with cheaper power
Plans to provide firms with cheaper electricity and faster access to the grid connections will make it "quicker, easier and cheaper to do business in the UK", the government has argued after launching its modern Industrial Strategy.
June 20, 2025
Mixed-use developments: the key to solving the high street and housing crises?
With news breaking over the last few days of yet another high street stalwart in financial trouble, threatening the closure of numerous stores, the problems faced by the country's high streets show little sign of abating. River Island's recent troubles follow years of general decline on the high street caused by a multitude of factors including the growth of out-of-town retail, on-line competition and the spiralling cost of trading physical retail in our town centres.
June 20, 2025
Reeves promises to fix UK's 'crumbling' buildings with 10-year infrastructure strategy
Rachel Reeves has pledged to fix "crumbling public buildings" and modernise the country's infrastructure after publishing the government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy.
June 16, 2025
The rise of telecommunications disputes
The recent news that landowners and related industry bodies are lobbying the government to reform The Electronic Communications Code, also known as the 2017 Telecoms Code, has not come as a surprise to legal property practitioners.

'Ambition alone will not build homes': Industry seeks reform to help government with New Towns

Government looks to 'revive' struggling high streets with £5 billion funding package

Top planning lawyer brought in to advise government on reforms

Housing secretary Rayner resigns after property tax row

British Columbia's new local residential targets would add nearly 39,000 units

British Columbia leaders reject call by real estate developers to ease foreign buyer ban

Trump nominates former Cushman & Wakefield CEO to head federal property agency

Landlords 'at the end of their tether' with high street restructuring plans

British Land instructs law firm to check high street restructuring plans

Rethinking rent reviews: why the government’s reform may backfire

The West of England’s devolution journey and the path forward to secure prosperity for the region

Rights of light claim upheld in pyrrhic victory against £35 million London office tower

Commercial property pros focus on incentives in sweeping federal tax and funding law

Texas looks to film incentives to boost its star power against Hollywood, New York

Building remediation: challenges and progress

Building Safety Levy: What you need to know for 2026

Industrial Strategy: Government aims to power up manufacturing and AI sectors with cheaper power

Mixed-use developments: the key to solving the high street and housing crises?

Reeves promises to fix UK's 'crumbling' buildings with 10-year infrastructure strategy

The rise of telecommunications disputes

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