11/13/2025 12:07:03 PM The Times Best Law Firms 2026 By Caroline Daubeney We are delighted to share some exciting news! Maples Teesdale has been recognised in The Times Best Law Firms 2026 list for excellence...
10/23/2025 11:13:40 AM Supreme Court Judgment 22 October 2025: C G Fry & Son Limited (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and another [2025] UKSC 35 By Diva Gaur The recent Supreme Court judgment which was handed down yesterday marks a significant development in UK planning law. ImplicationsThe...
10/23/2025 9:28:09 AM Celebrating 150 Years of Maples Teesdale By Caroline Daubeney What a night! On 14th October we celebrated Maples Teesdale's 150th anniversary in style at Sea Containers London, surrounded by friends,...
10/2/2025 9:47:11 AM Build-to-rent demographics changing By Robin Barnes Interesting piece in Green Street News. We're seeing an increasingly older crowd taking up BTR. It is suggested that this is because...
9/24/2025 8:57:45 PM "Can we have some more men, please?" By Eleanor Crawford-Drake A common grumble coming from the average resident in later living communities these days, apparently. And I can see why. I attended the...
9/4/2025 3:31:41 PM What Puts PBSA Top of the Class By Annie Sahakian The Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector continues to demonstrate resilience despite wider economic uncertainty. In a market...
8/20/2025 7:53:39 AM A positive piece from Knight Frank on planning and the living sector in London By Robin Barnes Whilst there are clearly some large obstacles to this government achieving their housing targets, both developer and investor sentiment...
8/5/2025 8:30:26 AM Retiring? You'll find me at the bar... By Eleanor Crawford-Drake Knight Frank recently reported that the UK over-65 population will reach 5 million by 2040 but the 6,000 homes becoming available...
5/14/2025 10:01:35 AM Scottish Housing Bill Amendment Impacts Student Accommodation Investment By Lucy Owen-Jones A last-minute amendment to the Scottish Housing Bill was proposed by MSP Graham Simpson last week, and has now been accepted, leading...
5/8/2025 11:47:43 AM Why aren’t we building more student beds? By Lucy Owen-Jones Thank you to Newmark for a thought-provoking panel on the very relevant question: why aren’t we building more student beds? Not a simple...
5/1/2025 10:29:53 AM Renters’ Rights Bill: a key amendment By Lucy Owen-Jones Following my previous commentaries tracking the progression of the Renters’ Rights Bill, last week in the House of Lords an amendment was...
4/30/2025 1:21:40 PM Embracing Build to Rent: A winding road to addressing our housing needs? By Robin Barnes Build to Rent is a sector that I had always been hesitant to champion. As a Millennial who scrimped and saved for 15 years to get on the...
4/29/2025 3:38:05 PM UK Living Sectors: Entering a New Phase of Maturity By Chris Xitsas After a turbulent couple of years, UK Living Sectors appear to be entering a more stable and expansionary phase. According to Knight...
4/24/2025 10:27:11 AM Could anti-international student policies in the US and Australia create a UK student accommodation boom? By Lucy Owen-Jones Trump’s extensive tariffs have, as expected, hit global economies hard; most significantly China, the biggest source of international...
3/24/2025 11:52:55 AM UK's Single Family Housing Summit 2025: The rise of single-family housing as an emerging asset class for investors By Diva Gaur Robin Barnes The recent BISNOW conference on Single-Family Housing (SFH) highlighted the sector's growing importance in real estate investment. SFH is...
2/27/2025 5:14:13 PM Court of Appeal confirms flooding policy guidance is lawful By Robin Barnes The Court of Appeal has recently confirmed the lawfulness of the Government’s flooding planning policy guidance after it was applied by a...