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Cleaver Property Management named Property Management Team of the Year at the  Facilities Management Awards UK 2026  Wokingham, 29 September 2026 — Cleaver Property Management has won Property  Management Team of the Yearat the Facilities Management Awards UK 2026. 

New analysis from LegalforLandlords suggests Britain's rental market may be starting to settle into a more sustainable balance between rents and tenant demand. Rent rises have got smaller, and so have the falls in demand. If that continues, it could mean some of the pressures the Renters' Rights Act is meant to tackle are starting to ease.

The Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment concerning the statutory right to manage (RTM), clarifying the circumstances in which a failure to comply with the procedural requirements of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 may invalidate an RTM claim.

CompassRock has partnered with Spike to launch new white-labelled resident apps at Glass Bottle in Dublin, marking the first phase of a wider rollout set to support 952 homes across CompassRock’s portfolio in Ireland.

Debrett’s has advised the shareholders and management team of Tandem Property Asset Management (“Tandem”), a UK property and asset management business, on its investment   from the Audria Group (“Audria”), the international real estate services group established by Swedish investors Pejoni and Fidelio Capital. 

Estate agents, letting agents and leasehold managing agents will need a licence to operate under plans for the first independent regulator of the sector, announced today at the Labour Party Conference.

Applications for the UK PropTech Awards 2026 close on 1st of October, with businesses, individuals and organisations across the real estate and technology ecosystem invited to put forward their achievements.

£50,000+ inheritances could create Britain's next generation of landlords The value of wealth passed between generations is expected to double over the next two decades, and 40% of landlords already got their property through inheritance, a gift or a former home.

Managing agents compare maintenance providers on response times and price. What's harder to measure is whether the engineer has been to the building before, and that may matter more. Send two engineers to the same fault and you can get two very different results. Usually the difference has little to do with skill.

ALEP's conference wish list is simple: a firm timetable, properly sequenced reform and legislation that works in practice.

Nearly half of landlords in England and Wales say tenant referencing has become more important since the ban on advance rent payments, according to new research from Leaders. Its Summer 2026 Lettings Report, based on responses from 717 landlords and 860 tenants, finds that with advance rent gone as a financial safeguard, referencing is now the main way landlords manage risk.

Residential property management specialist Centrick has taken over the management of 37 blocks, comprising 590 homes, from Bristol-based Easton Bevins. Most of the portfolio is made up of resident-managed (RMC) schemes.