4/24/2025 10:27:11 AM Could anti-international student policies in the US and Australia create a UK student accommodation boom? By Lucy Owen-Jones Trump’s extensive tariffs have, as expected, hit global economies hard; most significantly China, the biggest source of international...
2/27/2025 5:14:13 PM Court of Appeal confirms flooding policy guidance is lawful By Robin Barnes The Court of Appeal has recently confirmed the lawfulness of the Government’s flooding planning policy guidance after it was applied by a...
2/11/2025 7:55:25 AM Roadblocks along the Gateways: How delays are holding back high-rise development By Chris Xitsas Delays at the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) are creating significant challenges for high-rise residential development. Under the...
2/10/2025 3:14:07 PM Angela’s Grey Belt By Rob Atkin-House Angela Rayners’ great hope for finding space for 1.5m homes over the next five years may be the Grey Belt…… a particularly uninspiring...
2/6/2025 3:03:10 PM How much is too much? Enforceability of default interest provisions in loan agreements By Hannah Zaback When times are good and money is cheap, borrowers will be less concerned with interest provisions of loan agreements beyond the standard...
10/31/2024 1:30:09 PM Renters’ Rights Bill: significant reforms may have a significant impact By Lucy Owen-Jones Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill promises to resolve substantial failings in the private rented sector, but what are its key provisions and...
3/11/2024 8:06:39 AM There goes SDLT Multiple Dwellings Relief By Chris Xitsas One of the surprise (and less talked about) announcements from the Spring Budget this week was the abolition of SDLT Multiple Dwellings...
4/27/2023 10:33:08 AM ALT/RESI UK - Invest tribe: “Getting creative in the living sectors during uncertain times” By Chris Xitsas After a good run post-COVID, market uncertainty has impacted transaction volumes in the living sector. The key challenges over the 9-12...
3/1/2023 11:13:00 AM Maples Teesdale announces new Managing Partner By Caroline Daubeney Paul Burke sets out vision for growth at the UK’s leading specialist real estate law firm Maples Teesdale, the UK’s leading full-service...
2/20/2023 2:46:12 PM Alternative real estate assets expected to outperform in 2023 By Maples Teesdale Alternative asset classes such as life sciences, student accommodation and Build-to-Rent are expected to show the best financial...
1/26/2023 12:10:15 PM Students don’t want a concierge and a cinema, they want cheap rooms By Robin Barnes Interesting article in Estates Gazette on student accommodation. Student numbers are up to record highs for the third year in a row, and...
1/23/2023 10:24:31 AM PBSA hit a record year in 2022 By Chris Xitsas Knight Frank reported this week that the purpose-built student accommodation market hit a record £7.2bn of investment in 2022. More than...