“While the attempt to bring new ideas and solutions to the table should always be welcomed, there are real questions around the feasibility of the LGA proposals. Given the costs involved in securing a planning permission, it is just not... View Article

All comments to be attributed to Matthew Adam, chief executive of digital and financial inclusion support provider We Are Digital. “Earlier this month (08 February), energy watchdog Ofgem announced that it would be raising its maximum price cap by 5.5%.... View Article

A drop in the average UK house price of the scale seen in the last financial crisis would put nearly half a million households at risk of negative equity, the UK’s largest third-party mortgage servicer has revealed. Computershare Loan Services,... View Article

A third of children in social housing and a quarter of children in private-rented accommodation live in overcrowded conditions. The London Assembly is concerned that without enough three and four-bedroom family-sized homes, the problem of overcrowding will get worse in... View Article

According to the latest ONS figures private rental prices paid by tenants in London grew by 0.4 percent in 2017, stretching the budget of the average London house hunter. Further insights from the LSL Rental Index found that London rents... View Article

It his been reported that the Labour party plans to force landowners to sell their land to the state for a fraction of its value, in order to reduce the cost of constructing additional council houses. Nick Leavey, Partner and Head of the Commercial Property team... View Article

Michael Gallucci, managing director of construction consultancy MPG, advises firms affected by the collapse of Carillion how to respond. When contracting on construction projects, it’s imperative to have appropriate written agreements and programmes in place. Often, contracts give both parties... View Article

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has strongly welcomed the announcement over the weekend that the Government will now be supporting Karen Buck MP’s Private Members Bill on housing and landlords. The Labour MP’s bill seeks to update the... View Article

Banks must show leniency to the thousands of SMEs in Carillion’s supply chain, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Commenting on UK Finance’s announcement that the major banks and the Government are working closely to limit the impact of Carillion’s... View Article

As the UK’s population is set to exceed the 70 million mark and house prices continue to rise alongside interest rates, solicitors at JMW warn a housing crisis will result in more multi-generational households in 2018 than ever before. The... View Article