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Imagine a leak from an upper-floor flat reaching the corridor below. A contractor isolates the supply, residents report further damage and the managing agent calls the broker. By the afternoon, several people may have made sensible decisions, but no one has a complete record of them.

L&Q and Lovell Homes have launched Bold Street Pavilion, a new development of 147 homes in Old Trafford, available through Private Sale and Shared Ownership. On the edge of Manchester, it offers one-bedroom apartments alongside two-, three- and four-bedroom duplexes and houses. Some homes are available through the new Shared Ownership model, with shares starting from 10%.

Richard Frudd of Quod becomes Chair, with Dan Asquith of BRE staying on as Vice Chair. The Hub will continue to focus on advocacy, government engagement and Build to Rent's role in regional housing, and holds its Winter Seminar on 26 November 2026. The Association for Rental Living, the membership body for all institutionally backed, professionally managed purpose-built rental living sectors, has appointed Richard Frudd of Quod as Chair of its North East and Yorkshire Hub.

Cleaver Property Management named Property Management Team of the Year at the  Facilities Management Awards UK 2026  Wokingham, 29 September 2026 — Cleaver Property Management has won Property  Management Team of the Yearat the Facilities Management Awards UK 2026. 

New analysis from LegalforLandlords suggests Britain's rental market may be starting to settle into a more sustainable balance between rents and tenant demand. Rent rises have got smaller, and so have the falls in demand. If that continues, it could mean some of the pressures the Renters' Rights Act is meant to tackle are starting to ease.

The Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment concerning the statutory right to manage (RTM), clarifying the circumstances in which a failure to comply with the procedural requirements of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 may invalidate an RTM claim.

CompassRock has partnered with Spike to launch new white-labelled resident apps at Glass Bottle in Dublin, marking the first phase of a wider rollout set to support 952 homes across CompassRock’s portfolio in Ireland.

Debrett’s has advised the shareholders and management team of Tandem Property Asset Management (“Tandem”), a UK property and asset management business, on its investment   from the Audria Group (“Audria”), the international real estate services group established by Swedish investors Pejoni and Fidelio Capital. 

Estate agents, letting agents and leasehold managing agents will need a licence to operate under plans for the first independent regulator of the sector, announced today at the Labour Party Conference.

Applications for the UK PropTech Awards 2026 close on 1st of October, with businesses, individuals and organisations across the real estate and technology ecosystem invited to put forward their achievements.

With the Renters' Rights Act 2025 now in force, landlords across the private rented sector are reviewing how they structure and manage their portfolios. One option getting more attention is the corporate tenancy. Corporate tenancies aren't right for everyone, though. They have real advantages, but they also raise legal, practical and lending issues that need careful thought before any arrangement is put in place.

Managing agents compare maintenance providers on response times and price. What's harder to measure is whether the engineer has been to the building before, and that may matter more. Send two engineers to the same fault and you can get two very different results. Usually the difference has little to do with skill.