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                <title>Commonhold and leasehold reform steps up a pace</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 27 January 2026, the Government published draft legislation to revolutionise the way in which flats are owned and managed in England and Wales.  The headlines provisions are as follows:]]></description>
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                            Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:04:33 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Arc and the impending flood of leasehold reform</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, which received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024, contained the framework for various reforms to the residential long leasehold regime.  One such reform would reduce the premium paid to their landlords by leaseholders upon collective enfranchisement.  In R (ARC Time Freehold Income Authorised Fund) and others v The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2025] EWHC 2751, a group of freeholders brought judicial review proceedings...]]></description>
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                            Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:36:07 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Real Estate Autumn Briefing 2025</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this edition, we look at some of the forthcoming legislative changes of interest to the UK&#x27;s real estate sector: the reinvigoration of commonhold, the Renters&#x27; Rights Bill, and the proposed ban on upwards-only rent reviews.  We give a brief update on some of transparency rules regarding the ownership of UK property, highlight some consumer protection rules of interest to the real estate sector and offer a reminder about the new corporate &#x27;failure to prevent fraud&#x27; offence.  Finally, we tou...]]></description>
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                            Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:43:23 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Engaging with commonhold: 5 questions about the Government&#x27;s proposals</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Government&#x27;s Commonhold White Paper, published on 3 March 2025, sets out its plans for replacing leasehold tenure with commonhold, which allows for the freehold ownership of land in multi-occupancy developments with shared common areas.  It was established in England and Wales via the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (the &quot;2002 Act&quot;) and brought into law in 2004, but has rarely been utilised in practice.  Nonetheless, the Government intends to go ahead with this transition, so the...]]></description>
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                            Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:08:28 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Startling news &#x2013; the proposed ban on upwards-only rent reviews in commercial leases</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Real estate owners and occupiers alike were astonished, earlier this month, to see that the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill contains provisions that, if enacted, would override contractually-agreed rent review provisions in new commercial leases and would allow upwards-and-downwards provisions in their place.  They would also permit tenants to initiate rent review processes regardless of the terms of the lease.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:25:30 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>LAFRA consultation on service charges</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 4 July 2025, the Government issued a consultation asking for input as to how best to implement the sections of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (&quot;LAFRA 2024&quot;) which deal with improving the service charge regime for leaseholders paying both variable and fixed service charges.  The Government also seeks to improve the regulation of managing agents, who it acknowledges are crucial for the successful management of both leasehold and commonhold schemes.  The paper stresses that later...]]></description>
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                            Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:44:16 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Commonhold: love thy neighbour</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In its Commonhold White Paper, the Government acknowledges that &quot;no form of homeownership is perfect, nor immune from disputes, especially in flatted developments with the close proximity of neighbours and shared responsibility for upkeep and associated costs&quot;. However, commonhold is presented as a tenure which, due to its democratic nature, is inherently less likely than leasehold tenure to generate disputes.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:38:02 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Real Estate Spring Briefing 2025</title>
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                            Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:42:11 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Exciting times: the Commonhold White Paper</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Commonhold White Paper&#xA0;was published today, 3 March 2025.&#xA0; It contains the Government&#x27;s proposals for legislating that all new flats, subject to certain unspecified exemptions, will be offered for sale under the commonhold model instead of the current leasehold model.&#xA0; This article will summarise the White Paper and explore its potential impact on the real estate sector in England and Wales.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:01:51 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>What does the new NPPF mean for the Senior Living Sector?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The much-anticipated updated version of the National Planning Policy Framework (&quot;NPPF&quot;) was published on 12 December 2024, following a period of industry-wide consultation. The NPPF sets out the Government&#x27;s high level, national planning policies and carries particular importance as a &#x27;material consideration&#x27; which local planning authorities (&quot;LPAs&quot;) must take into account when deciding planning applications. The NPPF (as amended) took immediate effect for the purposes of decision-making and...]]></description>
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                            Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:01:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>What lies ahead in 2025?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Explore a timeline of the likely points of interest in the New Year for those working in the real estate sector.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:01:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>A real estate festive briefing</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[For our festive offering, we bring together seven topical briefings about recent or anticipated changes to law and practice in the real estate sector, including: the re-introduction of commonhold, the publication of the Older People&#x2019;s Housing Taskforce report, the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, forthcoming real estate tax changes, high street rental auctions, and two current consultations.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:01:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Building and Investing in our Future Homes</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Older People&#x2019;s Housing Taskforce published their long-awaited report entitled &#x27;Our Future Homes: Housing that promotes wellbeing and community for an ageing population&#x27; on 26 November 2024.  Its intention is to explore how best to support people to live well and longer in an age-friendly, home and neighbourhood of their choice.  The report thoughtfully sets out a number of suggestions for ways to empower senior citizens and their families to access or adapt mainstream housing, to &#x27;rightsi...]]></description>
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                            Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:01:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Making the change to commonhold</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 21 November 2024, the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook, issued a written statement setting out the Government&#x27;s plans for leasehold reform during this Parliament.  As well as passing the regulations needed to implement the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (discussed here), new primary legislation to improve that Act, and strengthening the regulation of property agents, he also announced that the Government intends to make commonhold the default tenure for...]]></description>
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                            Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:01:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Infrastructure Spotlight &#x2013; Summer 2024</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this edition, we look at what a Labour Government could mean for investors in and operators of UK infrastructure.&#xA0; We also provide an update on disclosure rules for corporates, greenwashing rules for funds and a range of other topics, from EV charging, housing and planning through to tax and expiry of PFI/PPP deals.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:21:58 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[As discussed&#xA0;here,&#xA0;this Bill&#xA0;was first mentioned in the&#xA0;King&#x27;s Speech on 7 November 2023. It has recently completed its report stage in the House of Lords, meaning that its next stage will be its third reading when its provisions will be tidies up. The Bill is lengthy but contrary to the press release and surrounding speculation, the Bill does not contain drafting around the introduction of commonhold or the capping of ground rents.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 13 May 2024 08:01:53 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Residential leasehold reform: test your knowledge</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Since the publication of the Government&#x27;s 2017 white paper &quot;Fixing our broken housing market&quot;, there has been much discussion about the Government&#x27;s plans to reform the housing market especially by means of modernising the leasehold sector. The King&#x27;s Speech on 7th November included further announcements about leasehold reform.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:01:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Is the commonhold model of ownership a good fit for the senior living sector?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[As of 30 June 2023, there are only 184 properties registered as &quot;commonhold&quot; within England and Wales, which is less than 0.01 % of the total number of properties in the same area. This evidences the extent to which the current form of commonhold ownership in the UK is unsuccessful. By contrast, the condominium system and the strata title system in the US and Australia respectively are very well used and internationally well regarded. In this article we explore what commonhold ownership is, w...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:01:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The ban on landlords charging ground rent on new residential leases applied to retirement homes from 1 April 2023 &#x2013; what does this mean for the sector?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The abolishment of ground rent in residential long leases comes as part of a package of Government reforms designed to curtail unfair practices in the leasehold market, which we explored in our previous briefing.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:01:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Insights for In-house Counsel - April 2022</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Our regular round-up of recent developments and topics for your radar, news on training and networking events for in-house counsel, and an update on our legal tech initiatives. This is our April 2022 update.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 07 Apr 2022 08:01:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Tipping the balance: the Government&#x27;s proposals on mixed-use buildings could have a significant impact on property owners and commercial tenants</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In amongst the blizzard of press releases and policy documents emanating from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities since the New Year is a consultation called &quot;Reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems in England and Wales&quot;.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 11 Feb 2022 08:01:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Retirement housing and the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill 2021</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill 2021 will prevent landlords in England and Wales from charging ground rents in new leases of residential properties.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 24 May 2021 08:01:55 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The Government will legislate to prohibit the grant of new residential long leases of houses</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Department for Communities and Local Government issued a consultation paper seeking views from the real estate industry on various proposals.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:02:18 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Be transparent about the fees payable by tenants in retirement properties and new-build houses</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the February Housing White Paper, the Government pledged to deal with any unfairness in the terms on which new leasehold houses are sold.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 19 May 2017 08:02:18 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>ESG and sustainable finance &#x2013; issues for real estate investors, developers and landlords</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The responsible investment agenda has led to a shift in approach from real estate investors, developers and landlords for whom sustainable developments and energy performance is now a key consideration.]]></description>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/esg-and-sustainable-finance-issues-for-real-estate-investors-developers-and-landlords/</link>
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