Legal
‘Hundreds’ of luxury London flats set for sale after £2bn lender collapse
Around 250 property companies with assets across PCL now under administration.
KPMG builds out real estate legal team
Senior hires take firm’s UK practice to 15 lawyers as Big Four push deeper into property.
RICS updates professional standards code for property managers
A new edition of 'the definitive reference guide for leasehold management professionals' has been published.
London property tied to Iranian elites worth £200mn, report claims
'The scale and nature of these acquisitions raise serious questions about how the UK’s anti-money-laundering framework allowed this to happen over a period of many years,' says Transparency International.
Westminster tightens construction rules for developers
Updated code introduces zero-emission machinery targets and stronger neighbour protections.
‘Who gets the bill?’ Opaque ownership poses challenge for government’s mansion tax plan
Report warns incoming levy could prove difficult to collect in prime markets where some legal owners are hard to trace.
New public register set to ‘expose secret land deals’
Government says new transparency regulations for property developers 'will help SME builders identify genuinely available sites sooner and compete more fairly in the land market.'
Government clarifies digital ID rules for AML checks
Move aims to remove uncertainty around digital onboarding tools already used by many property firms.
London law firm boosts real estate team
Edwin Coe has recruited the team from NC Morris, plus Deepa Deb from Watson Farley Williams.
Talking Heads: How a cyber-attack put the PCL property sector in limbo
PrimeResi hears from some of the capital's top property brokers, lawyers & developers, about how November's IT hack exposed a fragile planning system, put transactions on ice, and continues to cause 'havoc'…
One Hyde Park residents win £35mn in building defects case
One Hyde Park Limited has declared a 'decisive victory' as construction firm found liable for remedial works.
Mapped: Report flags £460bn of UK property held via offshore entities
Analysis by Tax Policy Associates suggests beneficial owners of 44% of these assets remain 'hidden, despite the law requiring disclosure'.