In its pre-election manifesto the Labour Party pledged to overhaul the private rented sector, stating: “We will immediately abolish...

The Government has announced the abolition of Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) with effect from 1 June 2024. This means that land...

What is a corporate wrapper? In the context of a real estate asset a 'corporate wrapper' or a 'SPV' (special purpose vehicle), which is...

With so much discussion about the struggles of retail there has been a variety of suggestions regarding ways to improve the longevity of...

As a follow-up to my LinkedIn post last week about Ola and Oyo (two tech-savvy Indian start-ups) entering the UK market, this is another...

Readers may have seen this recent Daily Mail article with the story of a flat owner who had his property repossessed by his landlord as a...

This is possibly the most intelligent and authoritative article I have read on the subject in a long time.

This is an interesting addition to the debate on delivery of new homes and the issue of developers hoarding land with planning consent to...

So SDLT changes are pushing up the prices of cheaper homes? The logic doesn't seem too complicated.  Someone buying a house has a budget...

There is an interesting tension in the concept of tax.  At a basic level the purpose of tax is to raise revenue for the Government so in...

So the referendum has come and gone, with surprising results. Yet the sun has continued to rise, the moon has continued to shine and the...

The title comes from Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" in which he argued for American independence and it picks out one of his...