Paying to Comply? The Handbook Wake-Up Call

There was a sharp intake of breath across conveyancing when UK Finance announced plans to charge for...

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Living Through Disruption: The Mental Health Impact We Rarely Talk About

There is a tendency, when talking about housing disruption, to focus on the visible things. Scaffold...

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Leasehold Reform and the Cost of Unsafe Buildings

For many leaseholders, building safety has never felt like an abstract policy debate. It shows up in...

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Will 2026 Really Change How We Buy and Sell Homes?

The home buying and selling system in England and Wales has been talked about, tinkered with, and qu...

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Does a Quieter Market Really Help Conveyancers?

There’s a growing assumption that a slowing property market should give conveyancers some breathing ...

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Property Matters: Communal Heating and the £60,000 Question

Tuesday 20th January at the slightly later time of 2pmThis week on Property Matters, Gareth Wax will...

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Search Packs: Why They’re Not All the Same – And Why It Matters

When buying a property, most people expect conveyancing to involve a fair amount of paperwork, legal...

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Another 275 Homes Lost: The Building Safety Register Grows Again

Today’s Cladding Matters conversation lands on another grim milestone, one that feels uncomfortably ...

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Fewer Conveyancers, Longer Waits: A System Under Strain

There’s been a quiet shift happening across the conveyancing sector, and it’s starting to show. Fewe...

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Are We Writing Our Future History Through Planning?

This Tuesday’s Property Matters opens the year by stepping back from the headlines and asking a quie...

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When PAS 9980 Became a Battleground

Chair: Gareth WaxCladding Matters – Friday 16th January at 1pmJoining the panel: Hamish McLay, Steph...

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Are NIMBYs Losing Their Say in Planning?

Property Quorum – Thursday 15th JanuaryPlanning has always been a balancing act. Local voices, natio...

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A Sector Without Dominant Players

IPSA Kind Of Magic, Wednesday at 1pmFor our first IPSA Kind Of Magic of the year, we turn our attent...

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The Shape of Property in 2026

Property Matters – Tuesday 12th January at 1pmAs the industry settles into a new year, 2026 already ...

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Everyone, deep in their hearts, wants to become a Maverick.

Everyone, deep in their hearts, wants to become a Maverick.The rule breaker. The one who defies auth...

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Happy New Year from Spilling The Proper-Tea

Happy New Year to everyone from all of us at Spilling The Proper-Tea.We hope you had an enjoyable an...

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Cladding Matters – The 3 D’s of PAS 9980: Destructive, Derisive and Dangerous

For the final edition of Cladding Matters this year, Gareth Wax is in the chair, joined by Hamish Mc...

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2025 Round-Up - Rents, Rules, Rates, and Reality

As we reach the final Property Quorum of the year, it feels like the right moment to pause and take ...

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IPSA Kind Of Magic – Solid Foundations, A Year of Success

For the final IPSA Kind Of Magic episode of the year, we are taking a step back from individual topi...

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What Foundations Did 2025 Build and What 2026 Still Demands

For the final Construction Matters of the year, it feels right to pause and take stock. Not just of ...

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When Safety Takes Second Place to Profit

This Friday at 1pm, Cladding Matters returns with a conversation that sits at the heart of everythin...

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High Rents, Hard Truths: The Corporate Grip on UK Renting

This week on Property Quorum, Gareth Wax is in the chair, joined by myself, Hamish McLay, along with...

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Too Much Data, Not Enough Clarity – Are Searches Becoming Overloaded?

For IPSA Kind Of Magic – Wednesday at 1pmOn Wednesday at 1pm, IPSA Kind Of Magic turns its focus to ...

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The EPC Shake-Up: Why So Many Landlords Are Worried

On Tuesday at 1pm, Property Matters turns its attention to the growing unease around Energy Performa...

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Should We Be Relying on This? A Closer Look at Expertise, Oversight and the BSR

Hosted by Gareth Wax in the chair and joined by Hamish McLay, Cladding Matters returns at 1pm with a...

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LHA Rates Stuck, Rents Rising: What Happens Next?

On Thursday at 10am, Property Quorum takes a closer look at the widening gap between frozen Local Ho...

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How Changing Plans Can Trigger a Second Search

On Wednesday at 1pm, IPSA Kind Of Magic takes a closer look at something many homeowners rarely thin...

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1.5 Million Homes: Ambition or Impossible Target?

Construction Matters – airing Tuesday at 1pmOn Tuesday at 1pm, Construction Matters takes a closer l...

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Delays and Middlemen: Why Buying and Selling a Home Takes So Long

If you’ve ever bought or sold a home, you probably know the feeling: excitement at the start, a sens...

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Bamboo Scaffolding, Flammable Netting – A Fire That Changed Everything

For today’s Cladding Matters, Gareth Wax, Stephen Day and myself, Hamish McLay, are turning our atte...

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