What can the government do to set the property market up for a strong 2020?
Along with resolving the remaining uncertainty around Brexit, a few small tweaks to the tax regime and regulatory environment would significantly improve the state of the market, argues Forsters' Helen Marsh...

Helen advises on all legal aspects of residential property. She has a wealth of experience of dealing with high value conveyancing, secured lending and landlord and tenant issues. She also has specialist experience in the legal structuring of residential and mixed-use developments. She acts for a wide range of clients including developers, investors, banks, trust companies and private individuals. Helen trained at Allen & Overy and qualified in 2005. She later worked at Boodle Hatfield, and then Farrer & Co. She joined Forsters in 2014 and became a partner in 2015.
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