5/26/2023 9:15:19 AM Building Blocks: The Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023 By Felistas Shade Mushayandebvu Building Blocks: The Responsible Actors Scheme In July 2023, regulations to establish a Responsible Actors Scheme (the "RAS") under...
5/13/2020 10:16:57 AM Valuation, valuation, valuation By Howard Kennedy It used to be said that the three most important elements of a new home are location, location and location but we have an increasing...
7/18/2019 9:06:05 AM Are "Green Loans" the future of development funding? By Howard Kennedy Today , I read a really interesting article on Bisnow about the increase in "green loans", which offer a discount on funding costs if the...
3/26/2019 12:00:00 AM Too poor to pay to play...? By Howard Kennedy It would be easy to brand this article as another example of the harsh inequalities and divisions in society while others may see the...
2/11/2019 12:00:00 AM SDLT on a house that is to be demolished By Howard Kennedy It is a major bone of contention for our developer clients that if they buy a house to demolish and redevelop they have to pay the 3%...
2/11/2019 12:00:00 AM Housing crisis - it really isn't the developers. By Howard Kennedy I have posted before that the criticism of the private sector for the shortage of new homes is misplaced. Reports such as that by...
7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM Government to end unfair leasehold practices By Howard Kennedy Currently, leases on newly built homes sometimes include dramatic increases in ground rent over the term and also high management charges...