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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.
June 6, 2025
AI can help uncover hidden ecological opportunities, so why is the property sector still risk averse to it?
There’s still a lack of awareness and confidence in artificial intelligence, especially in environmental areas where its use can often uncover hidden ecological opportunities, so why is the property sector still risk averse to it?
May 30, 2025
British Columbia rejects property industry call to ease short-term rental clampdown
British Columbia's largest real estate organization has called for more exemptions to short-term rental rules as the province begins to clamp down on listings by platforms such as Airbnb ahead of the busy summer travel season.
May 27, 2025
Landlords on alert over high court ruling on commercial property 'insurance rent'
Landlords and tenants will be closely scrutinising a High Court ruling in favour of the tenant, focused on the payment of commercial property insurance premiums.
May 21, 2025
UKREiiF 2025: Rayner urges sector to use planning changes but casts doubt on 1.5 million homes target
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has encouraged the real estate sector to take advantage of government proposals to reform planning regulation and open up new land for development, insisting the country is open to building and business.
May 20, 2025
Right of light injunctions: art or science?
A huge concern for developers faced with a rights of light claim is that the heavy pendulum of the law will be both the actual and metaphoric wrecking ball that might force them to demolish all or part of their development.
May 19, 2025
High Court judgment reinforces boundaries on business rates mitigation
A High Court ruling, The Mayor and Commonality and Citizens of the City of London v 48th Street Holding Limited & Anor ([2025] EWHC 1130 (KB)), has reaffirmed the legality of certain business rates mitigation schemes, for commercial property owners across England and Wales.
May 9, 2025
Khan seeks 'bold solutions' to London housing crisis with green belt U-turn
Sadiq Khan has agreed to consider opening up parts of London's green belt for development in a bid to meet London housing requirements in a major change of direction.
April 29, 2025
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and Liberals may need help changing national housing policy
Canada's election of the Liberal Party and Mark Carney, a former chair of property investor Brookfield Asset Management and one-time head of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, to continue as prime minister could lead to changes in housing policy as the country faces affordability and supply challenges.
April 28, 2025
Canada takes aim at development charges
Development charges, the fees many Canadian municipalities levy on developers to cover the infrastructure costs associated with new projects, have been targeted by both major political parties in Canada during the election campaign after flying under the radar for many decades.

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

AI can help uncover hidden ecological opportunities, so why is the property sector still risk averse to it?

British Columbia rejects property industry call to ease short-term rental clampdown

Landlords on alert over high court ruling on commercial property 'insurance rent'

UKREiiF 2025: Rayner urges sector to use planning changes but casts doubt on 1.5 million homes target

Right of light injunctions: art or science?

High Court judgment reinforces boundaries on business rates mitigation

Khan seeks 'bold solutions' to London housing crisis with green belt U-turn

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and Liberals may need help changing national housing policy

Canada takes aim at development charges

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