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The Built Environment

The New Homes Quality Code revamps rules for housebuilders and developers

Regulations include pre-completion inspections, a complaints procedure and restrictions on high-pressure selling
Real estate

UK County Court rules in favour of landlord imposing redevelopment break into renewal lease

Landlords' redevelopment plans 'trump' tenants' security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
Business crime

Are you prepared for the UK Economic Crime Levy?

Entities supervised under AML rules whose UK revenue exceeds £10.2m a year will see a new levy appear on their
Real estate

UK Landlord and Tenant: Why an overhaul of the 1954 Act is a risky business

Osborne Clarke property disputes partner, Kate New, writes for leading real estate title, EG, on the government's proposals to review

The Built Environment

Final call to prepare for tightened energy efficiency rules for UK commercial property

Landlords have one month to comply before sub-standard EPC ratings become unlawful for existing lettings from April 2023
Regulatory Outlook

Environment | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2023

Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 | Environmental Targets (Biodiversity) (England) Regulations 2023 | Prime minister creates new Department of Energy Security
Real estate

Spain's government approves the Right to Housing Bill

What measures and new concepts stand out in the framework of the regulation?
Urban Dynamics

'Senior living' in the UK : what are the benefits of (and barriers to) development?

Senior living developments present an opportunity to meet demand, ease the healthcare and housing crises and decarbonise the housing sector
Real estate

UK Supreme Court reinstates residential landlords' discretion to apportion service charges 

Unanimous decision limits the role of the First-Tier Tribunal to reviewing contractual and statutory legitimacy
Real estate

Jersey Property Unit Trusts may now need to be on HMRC's trust register

Guidance for unauthorised unit trusts including JPUTs changed on 31 January
The Built Environment

Playbook sets out proposed ethical standards for use of real estate data

As the real estate industry’s digital transformation continues at pace, the utilisation of the data generated from users of the