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The latest analysis by property management specialist Rushbrook & Rathbone has found that the structure of the UK property market is increasingly reinforcing the need for professional management, with leasehold homes now accounting for almost a third of all properties listed for sale across England. 

Clear governance, defined safety responsibilities and better-informed homeowners will all be essential to ensuring that commonhold can operate effectively in practice and provide a durable and transparent ownership model for future residential communities. This was the consensus from a recent roundtable hosted in London by property management company, FirstPort.  

The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (RRA 2025) shakes up the traditional structure of residential tenancies – fixed‑term assured shorthold tenancies will be abolished and home rentals must instead take place as assured periodic tenancies (APTs) from 1 May 2026.

Hyde Group and Legal & General (“L&G”) today announce that they have formed a new investment partnership to deliver more affordable homes across the UK.

Residents at Chapelfield Residential Apartments are set to see long-awaited building safety improvements get underway, with cladding remediation works beginning on site this spring.

The Government introduced its long-awaited draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill (CLRB) to Parliament in late January, signalling a significant moment for leasehold reform. Is the draft Bill historic?  Yes. Is there scope for change within it? Most definitely yes.

Clarion Housing Group and award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group have agreed a deal to deliver 188 new social rent homes in Woolwich as part of the wider Woolwich Leisure Centre redevelopment in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Don O’Sullivan (former CEO of the iconic Battersea Power station redevelopment) is bringing a claim for unfair dismissal and whistleblowing detriment against Battersea Power Station Development Company and four senior Malaysian executives, in what will be a high-profile case in the Employment Tribunal. 

Another pair of modern, high-rise apartments in an eye-catching tower block in Birmingham city known locally as “the shower cubicle” are appearing in Bond Wolfe’s next auction.

This July, Richard Delaney from HAUS Block Management will walk 205 miles from their office in East London to Embercombe in Devon in just eight days, camping along the route.

Almost half (45%) of audited blocks of flats failed fire safety checks last year, exposing widespread non-compliance across the sector. Of the 4,257 audited buildings over four storeys, 1,923 or 45% needed remedial action to comply with regulations, spanning minor to serious issues. It is believed there are a total of around 120,000 buildings of this size throughout England. 

Essex Commercial Agency and Surveyors, Whybrow, part of the Beresfords Group, has announced the appointment of Tony Lockwood as its new Director of Commercial and Land Agency.