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...
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...
Does a Quieter Market Really Help Conveyancers?
There’s a growing assumption that a slowing property market should give conveyancers some breathing ...
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...
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...
Another 275 Homes Lost: The Building Safety Register Grows Again
Today’s Cladding Matters conversation lands on another grim milestone, one that feels uncomfortably ...
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...
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...
When PAS 9980 Became a Battleground
Chair: Gareth WaxCladding Matters – Friday 16th January at 1pmJoining the panel: Hamish McLay, Steph...
Are NIMBYs Losing Their Say in Planning?
Property Quorum – Thursday 15th JanuaryPlanning has always been a balancing act. Local voices, natio...
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...
The Shape of Property in 2026
Property Matters – Tuesday 12th January at 1pmAs the industry settles into a new year, 2026 already ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
When Safety Takes Second Place to Profit
This Friday at 1pm, Cladding Matters returns with a conversation that sits at the heart of everythin...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1.5 Million Homes: Ambition or Impossible Target?
Construction Matters – airing Tuesday at 1pmOn Tuesday at 1pm, Construction Matters takes a closer l...
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...
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...
Why Collaboration Strengthens Us All
Collaboration is a word often used in the property world, although its real value becomes clearer wh...
Buying Blind? Why Searches Are Your Best Protection
On Wednesday at 1pm, IPSA Kind Of Magic turns its attention to something every buyer relies on, even...