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The Enfranchisement and Right to Manage Awards 2013 (the ERMAs) recognises the excellence and professionalism of all specialists working in this industry both at an individual and company level. Find out who has made the list of finalists.
Wednesday, 8th May 2013
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Key court judgment decides not all flats are within the statutory definition of a flat.
Thursday, 18th April 2013
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The Government has introduced a last minute amendment to the the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill which will require managing agents in the residential leasehold sector to offer leaseholders and freeholders access to an approved ‘redress scheme’. The amendment will also apply to letting and managing agents operating in the private rented sector.
Housing Minister, Mark Prisk MP, was pressured to make this move following a determined campaign in Parliament to introduce statutory regulation of managing agents.
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
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Research by News on the Block has revealed a significant number of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords who own flats. The information is contained in the public Register of Member of interests. The full list can be downloaded here.
The recent Government amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill means that, if passed into law, managing agents will for the first time have to offer flat owners and freeholders access to a redress scheme - as a matter of law.
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
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Sebastian O’Kelly, of the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, has won the Best Online Editorial and “Scoop of the Year” awards at the LSL Property Press Awards 2013. The awards, were presented by veteran broadcaster and journalist, Andrew Neil, who edited the Sunday Times for 11 years.
Sebastian, the former Property Editor of the Mail on Sunday, nixed competition from the Financial Times Online and Estates Gazette, and was particularly recognised for his coverage of the leasehold dispute involving Plantation Wharf in Battersea.
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
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One of the biggest challenges within this industry is being able to satisfy and manage owners’ expectations of their perception of what a property management company should provide to them against the reality of what they are contracted to provided to them. Often there is a huge variance between these two factors.
Wednesday, 20th March 2013
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Research by News on the Block has revealed a significant number of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords who own flats. The information is contained in the public Register of Member of interests. The full list can be downloaded here.
The recent Government amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill means that, if passed into law, managing agents will for the first time have to offer flat owners and freeholders access to a redress scheme - as a matter of law.
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
Read more
The Government has introduced a last minute amendment to the the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill which will require managing agents in the residential leasehold sector to offer leaseholders and freeholders access to an approved ‘redress scheme’. The amendment will also apply to letting and managing agents operating in the private rented sector.
Housing Minister, Mark Prisk MP, was pressured to make this move following a determined campaign in Parliament to introduce statutory regulation of managing agents.
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
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Key court judgment decides not all flats are within the statutory definition of a flat.
Thursday, 18th April 2013
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Sebastian O’Kelly, of the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, has won the Best Online Editorial and “Scoop of the Year” awards at the LSL Property Press Awards 2013. The awards, were presented by veteran broadcaster and journalist, Andrew Neil, who edited the Sunday Times for 11 years.
Sebastian, the former Property Editor of the Mail on Sunday, nixed competition from the Financial Times Online and Estates Gazette, and was particularly recognised for his coverage of the leasehold dispute involving Plantation Wharf in Battersea.
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
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Is your block of flats underinsured? What are the indicators of possible under-insurance and, if under-insured, what are the consequences?
Wednesday, 20th March 2013
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Cheapest is not best. Buying a product purely on price is a strategy fraught with danger. Recent press coverage of cheap beef products not being beef is a really good example. What you see is not always what you get. This is also true of insurance products..
Wednesday, 20th March 2013
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