Featured Articles

There are big changes coming in relation to the energy efficiency of home that are rented, mortgaged or sold. These may prevent properties from being rented or mortgaged and could make mortgages and home ownership and investment more expensive.   Since 2008, a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy is required to have an EPC. In 2020 Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) were introduced which required landlords to make changes to any property with a rating of F and G. This month 59 Local Author

Award-winning property management law firm, Brady Solicitors, has appointed experienced finance professional Mark Short following a record year that saw the company grow its revenue by more than 60 percent.    “We’ve experienced an incredibly strong year despite the challenges of the pandemic and the associated impact on the court system,” Colin Hussey, Director at Brady Solicitors says. “Through the hard work and agility of our team and staying close to our property management clients throughout the pand

A long-standing client of Future group was looking for a contractor to service and maintain both fire alarm systems and emergency lighting at a large complex. Future Fire answered the call, and attended promptly, surveying the site and discussing the client’s needs and requirements. With fire and life safety being one of the most important aspects within block management, Future Group survey the site with care and an attention to detail that is second to none. The Future Fire team were then delighted when

One of the UK’s largest housebuilders has instructed Principle Estate Management to look after more than 260 new houses under construction in the Black Country. The new contract from Taylor Wimpey is for Principle to manage a development called Wyrley View, off Goscote Lane in Walsall. This will see a total of 263 two, three and four-bedroomed homes with prices ranging from £295,000 to £308,000 built on a site backing onto the Wyrley and Essington Canal, with plenty of green open space. Joe Jobson, a dire

– The results and findings from the first Build to Rent (BTR) viewing experience benchmark have been revealed today at the UKAA BTR Fayre by hereSAY, the new mystery shopping service line from SAY Property Consulting. Over the past year, hereSAY’s mystery shoppers visited 22 BTR schemes across the UK (three times each) posing as potential tenants and gave detailed accounts of their experiences viewing the developments. Each shopper responded to over 100 questions across eight categories, providing in-dept

The IRPM announces today its newly improved and revised Level 4 BTR member qualification. The updated and now fully interactive course reflects the evolution of one of the UK’s fastest growing property sectors, building on the popular qualification launched for the first time in 2018.   The course has been thoroughly reviewed with content updated to match current BTR practice. The syllabus for the exam remains the same and learning from the 2018 course still remains valid. The course is now available for

Black Friday has arrived early. We have lots of fantastic offers now live through the rest of November! Take a look at some of the great offers available to you below: News on the Block 1 year Corporate Full Team Subscription - Only £100 (Usually £149) Please click here to subscribe and take advantage of this offer by using the coupon code BLACKFRIDAYCORP   News on the Block 1 year Standard Single User subscription - Only £25 (Usually £49) Please click here to subscribe and take advantage of this offer b

Young people can change how we exist in the future with a career in property is the message as a new website launches to encourage young people to consider careers in the built environment. The redesigned Property Needs You website is aimed at a new generation of young people, and provides inspiration for the wide range of career choices in the real estate sector.   Property Needs You is a brand developed by Changing The Face of Property, a collaboration of 12 of the largest real estate consultancies in t

SO Resi Partnerships has appointed an experienced new Head of Partnerships, who has taken over responsibility for the innovative shared ownership sales agency. Mark Porter will lead the service’s national expansion, helping to provide greater opportunities for external agencies to market their shared ownership properties to prospective customers. Mark Porter joins SO Resi Partnerships from heylo, where he spent four years managing the housing association’s Your Home product, a shared ownership offering fo

Tuesday 23 November, 2021  @ 11 AM GMT (60 minutes) Do you know what legal updates or new case law could affect your block management services? Are you familiar with common leasehold administration challenges and how you should stay compliant? This quarterly webinar presented by leading leasehold litigator Cassandra Zanelli and Fixflo's MD, Rajeev Nayyar aims to cover important compliance matters in the residential leasehold sector including: Draft Building Safety Bill Challenges with Going Gree

Leading build-to-rent provider, Sigma, has launched a new initiative, practicing health and wellbeing for local schools and residents.   Sigma’s rental brand, Simple Life, has partnered with one of its residents, James Lomax, founder of mobile escape rooms, Clever Cogz, to launch the ‘Escape with Simple Life’ roadshow.   Funded entirely by Simple Life, the mobile escape rooms will travel across the country to 8 schools throughout November and December, allowing Simple Life residents and local schools to e

Work on 91 new homes for local people has reached a significant milestone in October with a topping-out ceremony on-site in Walthamstow, East London. Simon Trice, Managing Director at Hill Group, welcomed Councillor Simon Miller, Portfolio Lead Member for Economic Growth and Housing Development for Waltham Forest Council, to take part in a ceremony to mark the completion of works at the highest point of the new development at Juniper House, in the heart of Walthamstow Town Centre. The new development incl