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The BPF Tenure Reform Working Group is publishing a series of working papers on residential tenure reform to obtain wider membership views. This second paper in the series covers the court process. Views would be particularly welcome from 1 April to 30 April.
The BPF Tenure Reform Working Group is publishing a series of working papers on residential tenure reform to obtain wider membership views. This first paper in the series covers grounds for eviction. Views would be particularly welcome from 1 April to 30 April.
We responded to a Government consultation on VAT avoidance through “value shifting”. While the proposals don’t seem to be aimed at property businesses, it is not clear whether some types of property arrangements might nevertheless be caught and we have asked HMRC to provide clarity at the earliest opportunity.
A proposal for when and how to end the commercial rent moratoriums, developed by Landsec and British Land. It suggests ringfencing rent arrears and restoring normal market operation from 1 July, providing time for fair rental settlements and an arbitration process for resolving the most intractable negotiations.
The Queen’s Speech sets out the Government’s agenda for the next session and its plans to build back better from the pandemic and level-up opportunities across the country. This paper provides an overview of the most pertinent announcements for the commercial real estate sector and commentary by the British Property Federation.
This is the fourth in our working paper series on residential tenure reform. It focuses on some of the experiences of recent tenure reform in Scotland and lessons that we might be able to draw from that.
A report we published alongside Gowling WLG found that big change is potentially afoot in the office market, with 89% of office occupiers having the flexibility to move in the next three years. Despite the rise in home and hybrid working, 82% agree there will always be a need for offices, albeit ones with more adaptable open space than at present and with more flexible tenancies.
As we start to recover from the pandemic, the BPF is calling on the Chancellor to build back greener, fairer and faster and to work with the real estate sector to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time: to meet our net zero targets; to level up our towns and cities; and to support the creation of new homes.
The Government will publish a White Paper on residential tenure reform soon. This Position Paper explains our stance on various probable aspects of reform. There is also a more user-friendly summary paper.
The Government will publish a White Paper on residential tenure reform soon. This leaflet provides a summary of the larger BPF Position Paper, which explains our stance on various probable aspects of reform.
An analysis of the 2021 Autumn Budget announcements significant to real estate, including changes to business rates, the levelling up agenda, housing and more.
The 2021 edition of ‘Who Lives in Build-to-Rent?’ developed in partnership with Dataloft, London First and the UKAA, is our largest ever resident demographic study, analysing data from across England.
