Vanessa Hale, the chief executive of the UK's new lobby group for the real estate industry, believes it can facilitate the regeneration of towns and cities by bringing together the required "capital, ...
Keir Starmer's commitment to increase defence spending to circa £300 billion over the next four years is a major "signal" to the property and infrastructure sectors of potential opportunities, real ...
For years, the UK property market has waited for clarity from the government on Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for non-domestic properties. Last month, we received some clarity, and relatively ...
In a "champagne supernova" of development, leaving the rest of the UK and Europe in its wake, Manchester is leading the charge for planned new buildings with height in excess of 100 metres.
The Quebec provincial government is under-collecting an estimated $1.3 billion per year in tax revenue tied to construction activity, according to a new report from Quebec Auditor General Christine ...
A Southern California city just passed the nation’s first permanent ban on data center development, but some builders are already working to get ahead of the pushback: They're pivoting investment ...
After many promises from successive governments to abolish "no fault" evictions, the use of section 21 notices to bring residential tenancies to an end was finally outlawed on 1 May 2026. Gone are ...
A ban on upward-only rent reviews is now law as the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act has received Royal Assent, a move that experts say could have a profound effect on the UK real ...
Death and taxes – the only two certainties in life, according to Benjamin Franklin. In the minds of some politicians you can add rent increases to that short list, which is probably why the ...
The debate around business rates and flexible workspace has re-emerged with renewed intensity, not because of new legislation but because of a shift in how existing law is being applied.
The founder of a coworking space who has warned his business could collapse over an “outrageous” backdated business rates bill, has been granted permission to apply for a Judicial Review of his case, ...
The federal government is reversing a plan to reduce its real estate, with Public Services and Procurement Canada saying new return‑to‑office rules mean more office space is needed as executives ...
Ontario developers and apartment builders are set to see one of the largest tax rollbacks tied to new residential construction in the province, a move some officials say could cut costs by as much as ...
Recent freedom of information disclosures provide a rare and quantified insight into how the government expects the 2026 business rates revaluation to unwind in England.
“The institution has made some mistakes and it lost us some confidence in the running of the institution and, therefore, the reasons for membership, but I think they are now behind us,” RICS ...
IM Properties, the Midlands-based property developer, is appealing against what it is calling a delay in determining its planning application for a £343 million employment park near Junction 9 of the ...
Housing Secretary Steve Reed has outlined seven locations where the government wants to build New Towns to help reach its 1.5 million homes target, standing down five previous options.
The development company behind London's famous Battersea Power Station redevelopment has robustly denied allegations of unfair dismissal and whistleblowing detriment brought by its former chief ...
The federal government’s plan to curb lease clauses that keep competing businesses out of nearby shopping centres and other commercial properties is drawing new attention to a long‑standing practice ...
31 March 2026Opinion
