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Leading risk management specialists Cardinus Risk Management have formed an alliance with UK’s top façade risk advisors FR Consultants to offer a complete solution to the UK’s crisis with façade combustibility, which has gained significant attention since the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017.  As regulatory reform (through The Building Safety Bill and The Fire Safety Bill) strives to address issues that are present, those responsible for the management of buildings are having to undertake a process of

MRI Software (“MRI”), a global leader in real estate software solutions, and Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:  PRTH) (“Priority”), a leading provider of merchant acquiring, integrated payment software and commercial payment solutions, have entered into a strategic agreement in real estate payments. Under the terms of the agreement, MRI will acquire Priority’s RentPayment business, which is comprised of the RentPayment.com™, StorageRentPayment.com™ and DuesPayment.com™ real estate payment brands

On 21 July 2021 the Law Commission published its key proposals on leasehold reform and the future of home ownership.  The three reports which deal with enfranchisement, right to manage and commonhold tie in with the Government's aim to address problems with leasehold ownership. It is encouraging to see the issues addressed in such a cohesive way. The proposals set out ways to make the process of enfranchisement easier and cheaper. They suggest reforms to the right to manage legislation and they encourage

Two of Torbays longest running property management firms have merged bringing together brands APA Property Management and Crown Property Management. The firms between them count more than 65 years of combined trading and Darren Stocks of Crown announced the deal to join forces to not only create a stronger brand but to also streamline the services our clients receive. The merger was first mooted back in 1997 between Adrian Coldicott of APA and Darren Stocks and so when the deal was completed earlier this

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted problems with manuscript signatures and postal delivery of notices for tenants seeking extended leases and collective enfranchisement.  The legislation requires such notices to be “signed” by, or on behalf, of the tenant. It may be difficult to get “wet ink” signatures. Even where a tenant has an agent, it may be difficult to get compliant or duly authorised signatures of a corporate tenants, if located in other jurisdictions.  Since 2014, in England (but not Wales) i

Leaseholders often declare that they would like to “take control” of their building, to get rid of inert managing agents or difficult building owners… or sometimes both! But what this actually means for a particular group of leaseholders can vary depending on the ultimate aim. We set out below a brief comparison of the two most frequently used processes; the right to manage (RTM) and collective enfranchisement. RTM The key qualifying criteria for the RTM is that it requires the participation of half of th

If you are the leaseholder of a flat or house you may have individual and collective rights relating to your property. These rights are based on the concept of “enfranchising” the leaseholder so they have greater rights against their landlord.  A leaseholder can, subject to qualification criteria of the property and the status of the leaseholder, force the landlord to grant a new lease or to force the sale of the freehold to the leaseholder. There are various regimes under which a tenant may have a right

MRI Software, a global leader in real estate software solutions, was named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The list, compiled by Inc. Magazine, is regarded as the definitive ranking of the nation’s most successful independent businesses based on revenue growth from 2016 to 2019. MRI Software increased its revenue by 161% during this time. “This honor is a testament to the MRI team’s successful execution of a strategic growth plan underpinned by a renewed fo

As the ban on evictions comes to an end next month, letting agents are being warned to prepare for changes to the repossession process – including a new pre-action protocol, a temporarily extended notice period and potentially longer waiting times for court hearings. According to rental payment automation platform PayProp, agents will play a crucial role in explaining the new system to landlords and helping them to manage rent arrears so the option of eviction remains a last resort. Evictions have been ba

This article was first published on the Winckworth Sherwood website.  The Law Commission have now published their recommendations for the reform of leasehold enfranchisement law, Leasehold Home Ownership: Buying Your Freehold or Extending Your Lease. Background This follows the Government asking the Law Commission to review the law on enfranchisement with a view to making it simpler, easier, quicker and more cost effective and, controversially, to look at ways in which the price payable by leaseholders to

Produced in partnership with JMW Solicitors, Fixflo are offering a free guide for  letting agents and property managers. This guide dissects the recent Court of Appeal’s judgment in the case of Trecarrell House Limited v Rouncefield using plain English and a simple flowchart to show how it could affect your future claims. With this free guide, Trecarrell House v Rouncefield and Its Implications for Section 21 Possession Claims, you can learn: If the lack of provision of a gas safety record (GSR) when

Kate has over 15 years’ experience within the Property Management market. Her primary focus has been managing large high-end residential developments, but also has experience within the mixed-use market. Having worked within both management companies and client/development side enables Kate to have a full perspective of what is the appropriate customer service requirements and aims not only to provide this high level delivery to all clients and leaseholders but also to ensure that all team members working