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Pallas Capital has completed a £7.5m bridging loan against a former industrial site in Tottenham, North London, which has planning permission for a mixed-use scheme of 80 units. The consented plans include 41 open market homes, 12 affordable homes and 27 commercial units, set to turn a site of warehouses and offices into 53 new homes alongside new commercial space.The 6-month facility was structured at 50% LTV and refinances the borrower’s existing bridge, which had reached the end of its term. Pallas Cap

  The government faces important choices about how much leaseholders will pay to extend their leases or buy their freeholds, the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has said following the closure of the enfranchisement valuation rates consultation on 21 October.  

New digital service combines identity verification, Open Banking, HMRC income data and fraud screening to help letting agents make informed decisions under the Renters' Rights Act.

Homeowners are being urged to check their insurance cover as Storm Austen is forecast to bring strong wings and heavy rain to parts of the UK from Thursday night into Friday.   

Rotting pumpkins and unattended sweet treats can create a Halloween party for pests on your doorstep, experts at British Pest Control Association (BPCA) are warning householders.

A repair quotation often starts a conversation about whether it is time for a new machine. Sometimes the cost of replacement is higher than the client expected. Other times, the question is why a part needs replacing when the equipment still works.

Ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act (RRA) coming into force on May 1st, there were many concerns across the industry.  Landlords were probably most worried about the removal of section 21 and fixed-term tenancies, fearing it would be harder and take longer to remove troublesome tenants and regain possession of their properties.

Lomond, one of the UK’s leading lettings and estate agency networks, has today announced the appointments of Darrell Evans as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Steve Maddock as Chief Operating Officer (COO), strengthening its senior leadership team as the business enters its next phase of growth.

Resident engagement has become one of those phrases that risks being trapped inside the legislation that made it fashionable. The Building Safety Act 2022 did something important. For occupied higher-risk buildings, resident engagement is no longer a nice extra. The Principal Accountable Person must have a strategy explaining how residents aged 16 and over, and owners of residential units, will be informed about and involved in building safety decisions.

Speaking up when you believe there will be no consequences for doing so is relatively easy.  The difficult bit is speaking up when you suspect that doing so will put a target on your back.

The latest research from Inventory Base shows that search interest in damp and mould has increased by 34.2% in the latest two-month comparison, while searches for damp have risen by 29.1% and mould by 16.8%.