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Commonhold is back in the spotlight: the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill has confirmed the government’s commitment to reform leasehold and the consultation announce on 28 January is a chance to get the detail right.

In late December 2025, formal communications from the Building Safety Regulator and professional institutions brought transfer slabs firmly into regulatory focus. The message is clear: where transfer slabs exist, structural risk must be understood, assessed, and evidenced. For property owners, accountable persons, and managing agents—particularly those responsible for higher-risk residential buildings (HRBs), this is not a theoretical issue. It is a governance, compliance, and life-safety issue that must

Strangford Management Ltd, the London-based specialist leasehold block management company, has announced the appointment of Georgia Clements as Building Safety & Compliance Manager and Sam Brown as Senior Property Manager, as the business continues to expand and strengthen its technical capability across complex residential developments.

On 28th October 2025, the Renters' Rights Bill was passed into law, and it is now the Renters' Rights Act. Changes to legislation resulting from this new Act will take effect from May 2026. This will affect landlords and how they let out their property, and it is worthwhile being aware of how it affects you as a tenant, too.

With new heat network laws having come into force this week developers, operators, landowners and public sector bodies are entering a new era of compliance, cautions energy specialist Laurence Lacey from national law firm Clarke Willmott.

L&Q has unveiled two new show homes at Prime Point, Greenwich Peninsula, with a dedicated launch event taking place on Saturday 24th January. Located on the 19th floor, the new show homes comprise a studio apartment and a three-bedroom home, both offering elevated views across the Peninsula. 

New analysis from Inventory Base, a leading provider of inspection and compliance technology, reveals that despite the incoming Renters’ Rights Act introducing significant changes around the rights tenants have to keep a pet in their home, there has still only been a marginal increase in the number of pet-friendly rental listings. 

New research from Alto, the UK’s most popular and fastest growing estate and lettings CRM, reveals a growing people crisis inside Britain’s estate agencies - with burnout rising sharply and mid-sized firms struggling to keep hold of staff, just as a wave of new regulation and cost pressures hits the sector.

Planning and development consultancy Lichfields has promoted Sophie White, Cem Kosaner and Grant Swan to senior director, reflecting their success and contribution to the growth of the business. 

Specialist property litigation lawyer Tom Baylis, senior associate with JMW, examines the issues around the government’s announcement, suggesting that only time will tell as to what, if any, impact the statutory cap will have on proposed developments.

In a landmark move aimed at tackling rising housing costs and modernising homeownership in England and Wales, the Prime Minister has announced that ground rents for existing leasehold properties will be capped at £250 per year, marking a significant overhaul of the long-criticised leasehold system.