Reference Briefings
Exclusivity agreements – helpful or just a hindrance?
Mishcon de Reya's Carly Clayton talks us through the benefits and pitfalls of exclusivity agreements in residential property deals.
Required Reading: Kwarteng’s ‘mini-Budget’ for HNWIs & business owners
Mishcon de Reya's team of legal experts talks us through some of the key policy announcements in last week's big fiscal event.
Exploring a valuable reduction on VAT on property renovations
Since 2008, renovations and alterations to residential properties that have been empty for at least two years are eligible for a reduced VAT rate of 5%, writes Nick Cunningham of Stacks Property Search.
Pets in Properties: Shaggy dog stories & rental reform
Following the White Paper for the Renters Reform Bill, and the proposed new rules for tenants being allowed to keep pets in rental properties, law firm Boyes Turner has had a look into the current position…
Oona Collins: How to build an effective new leadership team
How can leaders transform the teams around them? Follow these five key steps to get the basics right...
‘Solicitors should exercise extreme caution’ over ROE, warns Law Society
Law Society flags "significant concerns as to the expectations which may be placed on solicitors to verify the accuracy of information put onto the Register of Overseas Entities."
The Register of Overseas Entities is now in play; here’s what property pros need to know
Designed to "root out corrupt elites using UK property to launder their illicit wealth," the Register of Overseas Entities has officially launched, requiring more transparency for UK property transactions …
The anatomy of a housing market downturn
Property markets "tend to follow a predictable sequence in downturns," says Capital Economics - and the pattern has already started in the UK and USA.
Planning Reform & Levelling Up: What is the government planning to do this year?
Last year's "radical" Planning Bill is long gone, replaced with watered-down reforms that promise local referenda on planning decisions and a few other tweaks.
‘POA’ listings banned as Trading Standards deems price-less properties ‘unlawful’
“The use of ‘POA’ or ‘price on application’ in relation to a listing on a property portal or an agent website is likely to be misleading as it withholds – or in some cases masks – the asking price from co…
Overseas buyer register ‘progressing at pace’
The Land Registry has confirmed that work is "progressing at pace" on a new public register of overseas property owners - but there's still no launch date.
Ground rent ban comes into force in June
"This is an important milestone in our work to fix the leasehold system and to level up home ownership," says the Leasehold Minister, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh.