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Property Matters: Are Council Tenants Being Left Behind?

This week on Property Matters, Gareth Wax and Hamish McLay will be joined by Tiffany Fairbrother to ...

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Scaffolding, Stress and Summer Heat

There is something about a heatwave that reminds us just how much we value our homes. We open the wi...

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Who Will Be Tomorrow's Property Solicitors?

For years, we've talked about housing shortages, planning delays, affordability and how we can speed...

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IPSA Kind Of Magic: More Than Just A Members Day

Every year, IPSA Members Day gives us the opportunity to step away from our desks, meet colleagues f...

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Property Matters: Andy Burnham and the Future of Stamp Duty

For many people buying a home, Stamp Duty is simply accepted as another cost that comes with moving....

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Cladding Matters: Is Greenwich Facing Its Hillsborough Moment?

The proposed Hillsborough Law has once again put the spotlight on one of the most important principl...

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When Referral Fees Come Before Clients

Buying or selling a home is one of the biggest financial decisions most people will ever make. When ...

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IPSA Kind Of Magic: The Future of the CON29

When people talk about the future of property searches, the conversation often turns to technology.A...

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Cladding Matters: BSR and the Cladding That Stays

When Grenfell happened, many people believed the solution was straightforward. Dangerous cladding wo...

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Property Quorum: Is Self-Management Becoming Too Much?

There was a time when many landlords managed their own properties without giving it a second thought...

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Revisiting Council Mergers - Where Are We Now?

Earlier this year on IPSA Kind Of Magic, we spent some time discussing council mergers, local govern...

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Cladding Matters: The Timeline Greenwich Can't Escape

For years, residents at Royal Artillery Quays have been asking what should be a relatively straightf...

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Property Quorum: Property Reform Returns

Every few years, property reform returns to the headlines with a promise to make buying and selling ...

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The True Cost Of Doing Nothing: A Damning Verdict On Britain's Broken Housing Market

Every statistic. Every failure. Every excuse. And the moment when enough becomes enough. T...

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The Homebuying Reforms and the Search Agent's Future

The government has once again turned its attention to the homebuying process.Recent proposals from t...

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Cross My Palm With Silver: The Hidden Interests Behind Britain's Housing Reform Consensus

Why the industry spoke with one voice last week — and why that should alarm every property...

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The Solutions Already Exist. So Why Is Nobody Talking About Them?

A new survey tells us exactly what consumers are demanding from the home buying and s...

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The Reality Behind the Housing List

For many people, council housing remains one of the most talked-about parts of the housing sector. I...

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£300 Billion. And They're Still Clapping.

The true cost of Britain's broken housing market - and the people who should be answering ...

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The Great British Housing Scandal: Celebrating A System That's Failing Millions

While the industry cheers, three million more families are about to pay the price. Let's b...

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That's What You Get When You Put Someone in the Right Room

"WiggyWam isn't just a property portal. It's the first platform to put every person in a t...

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The Customer Who Never Came

 "How many disabled visitors did we have last month?" It's a fair question. But it's ...

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Kicking The Can Or Making Progress?

Nine years after Grenfell, building safety remains one of the biggest unresolved issues facing the p...

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A Property For Sale, A Tenant At Home

There was a time when selling a rental property was relatively straightforward.A landlord would deci...

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The Maverick Movement: Your Questions, Answered

Why Does This Exist? The British housing market is failing the very people it claims to se...

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First-Time Buyers - Locked Out or Finding a Way In?

For many people, owning a home remains one of life's biggest ambitions. Yet for first-time buyers, g...

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Grenfell's Legacy - Nine Years of Change, Delay and Debate

On Sunday 14th June, it will be nine years since the Grenfell Tower fire changed the conversation ar...

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Property Quorum: The Two-Speed Housing Market

There was a time when people spoke about the UK housing market as though it were a single entity.Hou...

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The Lies We Tell Ourselves: How The Property Industry Became Trapped By Its Own Myths

Every broken system eventually develops a defence mechanism. Not rules. Not regulations. S...

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IPSA Kind Of Magic: Search Agents - Essential or Endangered?

Technology has transformed almost every part of the property industry.Searches that once involved vi...

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