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Get the answers to your questions and stay up to date about apartment building management with our featured articles and NOTB guides, on topics such as service charges, right to manage, buying your freehold, major works, building insurance and other issues about blocks of flats.

Life at Home by Hone, Made Simpler with the Hone Resident App

At Home by Hone, everyday living is designed to feel clear, connected and easy to manage. Through the Hone Resident App, powered by Spike Living, residents have one simple place to stay informed, access support, book shared spaces and feel more connected to life in their building.

Beresfords saddles up to celebrate team success

Essex property group, Beresfords, donned cowboy hats and boots this month, swapping property viewings for the Wild West at its annual summer celebration. 

Jonathan Grant departs Westbury Residential after more than 20 years

Westbury Residential has announced that Jonathan Grant has stepped away from his role with the company after more than two decades of service.

Fixflo and BigChange integration gives property managers live visibility of contractor repairs

Fixflo, the repairs and maintenance platform used across UK residential property, has launched an integration with BigChange, the all-in-one job management platform used by thousands of contractors. When a property manager instructs a repair to a contractor who works in BigChange, the job, appointment, completion and invoice all update in Fixflo automatically, drawn straight from the contractor’s own system. 

Homelessness Sector calls for personal leadership from Andy Burnham

78 CEOs and senior leaders of homelessness organisations from across England have today written to Andy Burnham calling for strong personal leadership from him as Prime Minister, and active buy-in from all branches of Government to implement a Housing First philosophy. 

Right to Manage, But No Budget: How Leaseholders Can Unlock the Funding to Take Control

For many leaseholders, pursuing Right to Manage is not the hard part. The hard part is funding it.

Falcon Chambers is pleased to present The Residential Revolution

Falcon Chambers is pleased to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

TPI welcomes new measures to improve service charge transparency

The Property Institute (TPI) has welcomed the government's latest measures to improve transparency around service charges, giving leaseholders greater access to information and making it easier to challenge unreasonable costs.

Property management becoming a specialist discipline as letting agents face growing regulatory pressures

The latest research by property management specialist, Rushbrook & Rathbone, has found that whilst the vast majority of letting agents believe the demands of managing rental properties have increased significantly in recent years, most continue to manage the function entirely in-house despite recognising that property management and winning new business now require fundamentally different skill sets. 

Residential property management is entering a new era – and it's about far more than commonhold

For anyone involved in residential property, it's easy to focus on the headline reforms. Commonhold dominates the conversation, leasehold reform attracts the political attention, and building safety continues to evolve. But looking at each change in isolation risks missing the bigger picture.

Nexus by Landlord Studio and LRG sign UK MTD partnership

Nexus by Landlord Studio, has signed a partnership with LRG to support landlords preparing for Making Tax Digital.

Mind the registration gap: serving a collective enfranchisement notice on the wrong landlord

The High Court decision in Bennets Courtyard Limited v Bennets Courtyard Airspace Limited [2026] EWHC 1119 (Ch) provides an important warning for anyone preparing a collective enfranchisement claim where the freehold has recently been sold.

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