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Why the stamp duty holiday MUST be extended

The Chancellor is increasingly under pressure from the property industry to extend the stamp duty holiday and maintain the momentum it has given to the housing market amidst the economic uncertainty of the pandemic.House prices are on the up, demand is high and the m...

Read    27/01/2021

How the pandemic is driving technology and the green agenda

It’s hard to find positives in the midst of a pandemic. But if you look hard enough you can find some plus points. Major events – even the worst ones – have a habit of driving technology forward.Rapid advances in radar, telecommunications and space exploration came o...

Read    26/01/2021

How you can help end the scandal of unused land and buildings

According to the National Housing Federation, 8 million people in England have some form of housing need. Given this crisis, you might assume there are no homes standing empty. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

Read    25/01/2021

Why we must keep talking to residents about fire safety

We’ve written a lot about fire safety this week. We are adamant that residential buildings must be built better – and built back better. The myriad faults revealed by the intrusive testing which has proliferated Since the Grenfell Tower fire must be remedied and neve...

Read    22/01/2021

Why our construction industry must do better

Last month, cases were filed in the High Court against several companies and organisations involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower. The defendants include major building product suppliers such as Celotex, Kingspan, and Arconic, all of whom are being scrutinis...

Read    21/01/2021

Why the new safety rules MUST include low rise blocks too

Just before Christmas, the Government announced an extension to its building safety fund and allocated £30M in funding to pay for alarm systems in blocks where leaseholders are paying out huge sums of money for a waking watch.Good news – in part. The fund is still in...

Read    18/01/2021

When will we address fire safety in low rise blocks of flats?

Last week, the RICS proposed new guidance designed to reduce the number of buildings that will need an EWS1 fire safety assessment before flats in the block can be mortgaged or re-mortgaged. A consultation on the proposals runs until 25 January, so if you are a lease...

Read    15/01/2021

Back in lockdown - do you know the rules?

So we’re back in lockdown. This time round we all know the drill and the Government has swiftly confirmed that the property market will stay open for business. So letting and estate agents can continue to work with clients in a Covid-safe way with viewings, sales and...

Read    05/01/2021

Housing market: did 2020 add value to your home?

In 2020, Covid-19 transformed our lives. As 2021 began with tighter restrictions and the prospect of another national lockdown, homeowners found a silver lining: rising house prices.

Read    04/01/2021

Looking back on 2020 - and forward to 2021

What a year. As we celebrated last Christmas, none of us could have imagined what the following 12 months would bring. For the residential sector 2020 has been characterised by two things: Covid and building safety.We all responded to the first challenge pretty well....

Read    23/12/2020

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