23 July 2010 | Joe Kwok
On 17 December 2009, a consultation was launched by a Working Party of various real estate industry bodies to explore whether a cross-industry consensus could be achieved on the apportionment of costs...
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21 July 2010 | Tim Brittain
The European Commission has published an updated version of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).
The new EPBD 2010 repeals and replaces the EPBD 2002 from 1 February 2012 and must be...
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21 July 2010 | David Power
Estates Gazette has reported that a number of small property developers, who are facing receivership, are contemplating taking legal action against their banks for allegedly being mis-sold interest rate...
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16 July 2010 | David Marsden
In an attempt to reduce the obstacles and delays that can hinder development projects, the Government set up the Penfold Review in December 2009 to look at streamlining the processes by which developers...
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16 July 2010 | David Marsden
I recently wrote about the Government’s decision this month to officially scrap Regional Strategies and their centrally-imposed home building targets – and the problems that this change would initially...
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8 July 2010 | David Marsden
The Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has scrapped Regional Strategies and their centrally-imposed building targets – fulfilling a commitment which the Government made in its Coalition Agreement on...
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6 July 2010 | Sarah Wilkins
You are not alone if you are not sure of the differences between shared equity and shared ownership.
So what is shared equity? You purchase a property and own 100% of it, but you obtain a mortgage...
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10 June 2010 | David Marsden
The Government has given local councils in England more powers to stop developers building homes on gardens (otherwise known as ‘garden-grabbing’).
In its coalition agreement, published on 20 May,...
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7 June 2010 | Stephen Carew
The case of Leonard Kernott v Patricia Jones (2010) EWCA Civ 578 is another timely reminder that those purchasing property jointly should give consideration as to how the property should be held prior...
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7 June 2010 | Richard John
The new coalition Government published a ‘coalition agreement’ on 20 May, which sets out what has been agreed so far between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
The following policy agreements...
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