PAS 9980 – A Framework That Continues to Tolerate Risk
On Friday 13th February at 1pm, Cladding Matters returns to a subject that simply refuses to settle....
If a Conveyancing Firm Closes Overnight, What The Hell Is Happening?
When a law firm closes overnight, the impact is immediate. Buyers and sellers worry about their move...
Property Searches: The Data Is There, Yet Getting to It Isn’t Easy
From the outside, property searches are often seen as a largely administrative step. The information...
Empty Flats, Full Charges – The Inheritance Nobody Expected
There is a quiet property issue unfolding across the country that rarely makes the headlines, yet it...
Remediation Delayed, Residents Still Waiting
There was a moment, not so long ago, when it felt as though the long-running cladding crisis might f...
The £250 Leasehold Cap – Reform, Relief or Another Half-Measure?
This week on Property Quorum, attention turns once again to leasehold reform, following the announce...
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...
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...
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...