Features

by Delyth Williams. The pace of litigation in the field of residential tenancies slowed down considerably in 1990 with only 12 cases reported in the columns of Estates Gazette.

by Mitchell Winter. Letting buildings for multi-occupancy has never been glamorous, but even in the bull markets of the 1980s it was the bread and butter for many agents and…

by Ian Scott and Stuart Gronow. Quality assurance (QA) has been used in manufacturing and other industries for several years. The Department of Trade and Industry Quality Assurance Register lists…

by Mark Pawlowski. In the concluding part of this article, the author outlines further provisions of the Rent Act 1977 with reference to avoidance of full Rent Act protection.

by Mark Pawlowski. In this article the author examines the requirement of residence for the purpose of the “resident landlord exclusion” under section 12 of the Rent Act 1977 and…

Can you explain the recent changes adopted by the RICS concerning asset valuation standards?. In an attempt to provide a uniform standard for asset valuations the Assets Valuation Standards Committee…

by Martin Edwards and Andrew McCafferty. 1990 is likely to be remembered for years to come simply because it saw the consolidation of planning legislation into the Town and Country…

by Roger Grover. The legal relationship between the producers of a building and its future owners and occupiers is a problematic one.

by Niall Logan. Property developers are currently experiencing some of the more depressed and uncertain trading conditions which their industry has ever seen.

by Jerry DeMuth. Washington DC’s 1907 brick and granite Union Station was dead as a train station. Even after the federal government spent nearly $40m to convert it to a…

by Colin Bell. As the vacancy rate for City of London office accommodation has increased from 2% in 1987 to approximately 14% today, extended rent-free periods and inducements have become…

by C G Petterson. Seen from the European standpoint, British companies appear alarmingly ill-informed about the total cost implications of an office relocation or expansion.