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Principle Estate Management is to look after 102 luxury apartments at a £34 million development in Birmingham city centre where the company’s first headquarter offices were once based. The contract to manage SETL, located on the corner of Lionel Street and Ludgate Hill within the city’s thriving Jewellery Quarter, has come from leading UK developer HBD. Joe Jobson, joint managing director of Principle, explained that SETL will include 102 one and two-bedroomed apartments and around 2,500 sq ft of commerci

Despite a record year for green energy installations in 2023 and the expected housing market uptick due to reduced mortgage rates, prospective buyers need more support to identify eco-friendly options in decision-making.    New analysis unveiled today reveals that not one of the UK’s top 10 estate agent sites or leading property aggregator sites, such as Rightmove and Zoopla, include options to filter by energy efficiency when searching for a new home, according to new analysis by iChoosr, an organisation

The BPF (British Property Federation) and UKAA (UK Apartment Association) have announced collaboration on behalf of the Build to Rent (BTR) single-family housing sector. UKAA has held a number of roundtables with investors, operators and housebuilders for the past year, leading to the formation of a committee to drive forward policy initiatives for the sector. The BPF has also been active in this space hosting a roundtable and supporting Savills to produce a research report and is in the process of develo

Adiuvo, the specialist out of hours maintenance call handling support service, for the Property sector announce a huge Company milestone. Adiuvo, has reached what they initially thought was an impossible achievement by now having the responsibility for the management of over One Million units out of hours in a portfolio that comprises Block, Lettings, Build to Rent & Commercial properties. During their15-year journey that started with the two founders initially working from their kitchen table with two mo

Whilst buy-to-let investors are benefitting from double digit increases in rents across the UK, the cost of higher interest rates and the increased tax burden, means we’d expect many private investors continue to exit the market. In addition, we have seen the closure of many open and closed-ended property funds which have suffered from the issue of a liquidity mismatch. This will strengthen the appeal of investment in real estate debt which can give investors the chance to build a varied portfolio and the

Cardinus Risk Management, a leading provider of property management services to managing agents, announces the integration of its INDIGO software and the Dwellant system through the INDIGO Application Programming Interface (API).  INDIGO, Cardinus' flagship property risk management software, enables property managers to digitally manage the risk improvements and reporting for their property portfolio. The integration with Dwellant facilitates a seamless exchange of information, creating a unified platform

The UK Single-Family Association (UK SFA), the sector specialist non-profit membership organisation, announces its Official Launch Event on 22nd February 2024 and has now opened its call for members. The launch ushers in a new era for the still nascent but economically and socially critical Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector in the UK. The UK SFA is the only membership organisation available for industry stakeholders to join that focuses solely on this rapidly growing sector, bringing together a broad chur

New market insight from Monta Capital, the boutique real estate investment manager, reveals that London is home to £18.7 billion worth of long-term vacant residential property, and proposes five practical solutions for fixing this glaring problem.  To understand the scale of London’s empty homes crisis, Monta Capital has analysed the latest UK government data on long-term vacant residential properties in the capital, which boroughs are home to the highest level of empty homes, and the current market value

New research from Yopa, the full-service estate agents, has shown that while London may have seen house prices fall at the sharpest rate of all regions of England and Wales, the capital’s property market is far from quiet, having accounted for more than 1 in 10 of all transactions to have taken place over the last 12 months across England and Wales.  Yopa analysed sold price records from the Land Registry for every property sale to have completed across England and Wales over the last 12 months (December

A new and market-competitive solution for in-scope properties to help fulfil safety case requirements under the Building Safety Act 2022.  4site Consulting is pleased to announce the launch of its new building safety case service and supporting software solution. 4site is now assisting block managers and freeholders with the compilation, maintenance, and sharing of their building safety case reports for high-rise residential buildings. As an accountable person overseeing the building, it is mandatory, as

This year marks a momentous milestone for Brock Carmichael as the Liverpool-headquartered RIBA Chartered Practice proudly celebrates 50 years’ of influencing the architectural landscape of Liverpool as well as towns and cities nationally and internationally. Since its establishment in 1974, Brock Carmichael has been involved in projects that have contributed to Liverpool’s remarkable transformation over the last five decades. From iconic Liverpool waterfront landmarks such as One Park West and the Merseys

QUESTION  I want to remortgage my apartment but have been told I need a specialist valuation on the apartment building first as the building appears to have external cladding.  Is this correct and how much do these valuations usually cost? Any advice would be much appreciated.  ANSWER Mortgage companies often request an EWS1 form before offering to lend on a property within a block of apartments where there is external cladding. An EWS1 form will provide the lender with an understanding of whether or n