Judgement Calls: The Unsettled Reality of PAS 9980

We have spoken about PAS 9980 on Cladding Matters more than once. Each time, the conversation circle...

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Regeneration or Retreat on Affordable Housing?

There is a pattern emerging in large regeneration schemes.Planning permission is granted on the basi...

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IPSA Membership: Standards, Not Barriers

There is sometimes a quiet misunderstanding about IPSA.From the outside, the Association of Independ...

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The Warm Homes Plan: Practical Reform or Political Spend?

The Government’s £15bn Warm Homes Plan sounds impressive. Warmer houses. Lower bills. Less reliance ...

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A Scheme Too Far for SME Builders?

This Friday at 1pm, Cladding Matters turns its attention to a question that has been sitting quietly...

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The Eviction Meltdown

This Thursday at 10am, Property Quorum turns its attention to what can only be described as a growin...

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What It Takes to Be IPSA: Training, Experience and Accountability

On IPSA Kind Of Magic, the conversation often turns to what really sits behind a property search. No...

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Can AI Really Fix Property?

This week on Property Matters, Gareth Wax and Hamish McLay turn their attention to Artificial Intell...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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