News & Analysis as of

United Kingdom Rental Property Real Estate Market

Jones Day

Real Insight - Issue 1 2025

Jones Day on

INTRODUCTION - Welcome to the first edition of Real Insight, our new UK real estate update. Among the subjects covered in this edition are the emerging success of data centres in the planning system, continuation funds,...more

Jones Day

Shock and Law: UK Government's Surprise Proposal to Ban Upward-Only Rent Reviews

Jones Day on

For years, upward-only rent reviews have been a cornerstone of the UK commercial property market, offering landlords and investors a reassuring degree of income security and predictability....more

Hogan Lovells

UK Real Estate Horizon Scanner Spring 2025

Hogan Lovells on

The new UK government has made plenty of promises in terms of reform, a rental revolution and a planning shake-up. So what is coming down the line in terms of new legislation over the next few months and which are the crucial...more

K&L Gates LLP

Overriding Interest Summer 2023

K&L Gates LLP on

Welcome to the latest edition of Overriding Interest. Inside this issue: - New Joiners - Articles of Interest & Firm News - Events - Pro Bono Update - Case Reports ...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Real Estate Horizon Scanner- Summer 2023 edition

Hogan Lovells on

A snapshot of key regulatory developments expected to impact the UK real estate sector over the coming months. The first six months of 2023 have seen a huge amount of change, both politically and economically, which has...more

K&L Gates LLP

Global Office Asset Trends: A Look at 2023 and Beyond

K&L Gates LLP on

Post-pandemic, with some level of remote work here to stay, the global real estate industry is tracking an unprecedented reassessment of the office asset class. To paraphrase Mark Twain, have the rumors of the “death of the...more

Hogan Lovells

Requirements to obtain Leaseholder Certificates and/or serve Landlord Certificates for landlords of UK residential blocks with...

Hogan Lovells on

Many will be aware of the restrictions on the recovery of service charge, related to works to remedy fire safety defects in buildings over 11 metres in height, from residential leaseholders. This piece highlights the...more

Hogan Lovells

What’s happening with the Retail Prices Index and why?

Hogan Lovells on

Speedread: Alongside Wednesday’s Spending Review, the government and the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) have published their response to the recent consultation on reform to the RPI. The outcome to the consultation states...more

Hogan Lovells

Higher MEES for residential properties? Have your say

Hogan Lovells on

On 30 September 2020 the government published its consultation on amending the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations“), raising minimum energy efficiency standards...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Real Estate Sector Update: Recovery Of Rental Arrears

When considering options for the recovery of outstanding rent, landlords should remember that, in addition to recourse via an existing guarantor or a rent deposit, another avenue available to them in these challenging times...more

Hogan Lovells

UK COVID-19: Should the UK real estate sector still worry about a no-deal Brexit?

Hogan Lovells on

At the moment Brexit appears to have been forgotten by many. This is understandable – the impact of COVID-19 is so immediate, vast and deep that the economic impact of Brexit seems distant and trivial by comparison. ...more

Hogan Lovells

UK COVID-19: The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill - New tenant/debtor protections unveiled

Hogan Lovells on

Long awaited insolvency reforms in the UK, plus the government’s COVID-19 proposals on the use of statutory demands – and much more....more

Hogan Lovells

UK COVID-19: Residential possession proceedings during lockdown- is the new practice direction too wide to work?

Hogan Lovells on

The UK government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak has included various steps intended to relieve pressure on residential property tenants, whose livelihoods and income might have been seriously impacted by the current...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus UK – has your tenant asked for a concession?

Hogan Lovells on

In Boris Johnson’s first daily coronavirus update yesterday, he urged the general public to stop “non-essential contact” and “all unnecessary travel“, and to avoid social venues including “pubs, clubs and theatres“....more

Hogan Lovells

MEES and residential property – don’t be a fool come 1 April 2020

Hogan Lovells on

Come April Fool’s Day 2020, landlords of residential property should be aware not just of customary pranks and hoaxes, but also of the implications of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales)...more

Hogan Lovells

Coming soon: New electrical safety standards for PRS landlords

Hogan Lovells on

New draft Electrical Safety Regulations have been laid before Parliament but what do they mean for landlords in the private rented sector? When and where will they apply?...more

Hogan Lovells

Interim Code rights – the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill

Hogan Lovells on

What are interim Code rights? Operators have been having issues in relation to non-responsive owners of multi-let buildings where the Operator’s customer occupies part of the building as a tenant. This means that there is...more

Hogan Lovells

Unleashing real estate’s potential: what follows next?

Hogan Lovells on

The real estate sector will welcome the stability, at least in the short term, that such a decisive election result brings. Jackie Newstead, our Global Head of Real Estate, predicts a post-election bounce in investment...more

Hogan Lovells

Confirmation from the Court of Appeal: Exercising CRAR will waive a right to forfeit

Hogan Lovells on

In an earlier blog we discussed the High Court decision in the case of Thirunavukkrasu v Brar & Brar. The High Court confirmed that taking action pursuant to the Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery regime (CRAR) would amount to...more

Hogan Lovells

Section 21 is dead. Long live section 8!

Hogan Lovells on

The future of the UK rental market is emerging. The government wants views on its plans for removing the assured shorthold tenancy (AST) regime and bolstering the court process for gaining possession of a property. Will it be...more

Hogan Lovells

Service Charge – RICS code gets new teeth

Hogan Lovells on

As 2019 begins, the property sector is gearing up for the introduction of the new RICS professional statement, which will supersede the current code of practice from 1 April 2019. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Ten Takeaways from The Student Accommodation Conference 2018

Hogan Lovells on

It was great to see lots of familiar faces at Property Week’s 2018 Student Accommodation Conference. There was a packed agenda with four different “streams” to choose from – and smart tech talks in the coffee breaks....more

Hogan Lovells

Consultation launched on enfranchisement rights

Hogan Lovells on

What does enfranchisement actually mean and what’s wrong with the current regime? Enfranchisement is the process by which people who own property on a long lease may extend the lease, or buy the freehold.  ...more

Hogan Lovells

Holy HMOly

Hogan Lovells on

Properties that qualify as Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) have long presented a potential headache for unwary landlords, but from the start of this month the headache got bigger. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Overcoming the barriers to longer tenancies in the private rented sector

Hogan Lovells on

Since the introduction of assured shorthold tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1988, tenancies of 12 months have become the norm. The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has just launched a...more

25 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide