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Commonhold reform: what does the government’s white paper say?
Posted: 06/03/2025
The Labour Party made abolishing the leasehold system a key manifesto pledge; now, in its newly published white paper on commonhold, The proposed new commonhold model for homeownership in England and Wales, the government has revealed its intention to ensure that commonhold becomes the default tenure, starting with new build flats......>>
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: mission impossible?
Posted: 23/01/2024
The mission which Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has chosen to accept is to transform the current residential leasehold system, which he says is a ‘cynical money making scam’, into a system fit for the twenty-first century, so that a home is a ‘home’ and not someone else’s investment. Squaring up to fight......>>
Navigating the Building Safety Act
Posted: 28/06/2023
The Building Safety Act 2022 received royal assent on 28 April 2022, and since then has been implemented in stages, with parts yet to come into force. With the aim of improving building safety across the whole built environment sector in the UK, it introduces a regime overseen by a new Building Safety Regulator with particular emphasis......>>
When to use agreements for lease
Posted: 06/06/2023
Giorgia Clements outlines the circumstances in which agreements for lease may be required, and important considerations to watch out for. You have found a property, heads of terms are finalised, solicitors are appointed and you are thinking about fit-out plans and completion timings. Now your solicitor is talking about......>>
Charging infrastructure: revving up for EV change
Posted: 15/02/2022
In November 2021, the prime minister announced the introduction of building regulations (to be laid before parliament later this year) which will result in electric vehicle charging points being required by law in certain buildings and developments......>>

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