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![Major firms continue to invest in the PRS – what’s the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![The ongoing greenfield/brownfield debate - what is the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
With brownfield/greenfield sites (and where is best to develop new housing) still hot on the housing agenda, David Churchill - a planning...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Council launches development firm to boost number of new Manchester homes](/upload/images/Locations/ManchesterMap-400x310.jpg)
A housing development company wholly owned by Manchester City Council was formally launched late last week (Friday February 4) in order...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why freeholders should talk to leaseholders about rooftop extensions](/upload/images/library/Summer-Rooftops-400x310.jpg)
The American writer Mark Twain’s famously observed ‘Buy land, they’re not making it anymore’. However, property investors are now finding there...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Polka dots and stripes: why the UK shouldn’t mix politics with planning](/upload/images/library/Housebuilders-400x310.jpg)
Things that don’t mix well? Polka dots and stripes, planning and politics. The run-up to an election is usually an uncertain...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold consultation – what do investors need to know?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
On Tuesday, the government launched a six-week consultation on proposals to make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to purchase the...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development – funding for high quality schemes and sustainable homes](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
In this development roundup, ilke Homes gathers significant funding in a pledge to deliver 10,000 homes in the next five years,...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – redevelopment schemes and a modular focus](/img/default/pit.png)
Dover District Council has approved Etopia Homes’ plans to deliver 50 eco-friendly homes on a site in Eastry, Kent. Situated on Gore...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Modular update – affordable modular homes coming to Beeston](/img/default/pit.png)
ilke Homes has partnered with emh group to deliver affordable homes in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. In light of the government’s reforms to increase...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – what does the 2% SDLT surcharge mean for overseas investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Incredibly strong backing for leasehold reform, says poll](/img/default/pit.png)
A guest piece we ran on Monday suggesting that the government’s plans for leasehold might not represent a victory for leaseholders...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid 19 impact – how are developments changing to adapt to the new normal?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the dawning realisation that there will be a long-term legacy to the way we live our lives post-Covid-19, a leading...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development Q&A - coronavirus impact and why PBSA might be a safe haven](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and the coronavirus pandemic continuing to influence all aspects of everyday...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget announcement – stamp duty surcharge introduced for overseas buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will furnished holiday lets spearhead the UK’s green revolution in 2020?](/img/default/pit.png)
Whether it’s the shocking bushfires currently raging in Australia or the floods in Indonesia, the impacts of climate change are being...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold - your questions for Heather Wheeler MP](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...