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Real Estate Focus - December 2024

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December 2024 brought key legal updates for the real estate sector, including non-statutory guidance on high street rental auctions, consultations on energy performance and insurance fees, and responses to land rights for critical infrastructure projects...

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David Hawkins
David Hawkins
Amy Allen
Amy Allen

A round-up of some key legal developments in England and Wales for the real estate sector.

December has been a very busy month, with a flurry of new government policies and consultations.

In this edition we concentrate on four major topics affecting the real estate sector, namely:

  • the launch of the government's non-statutory guidance following the coming into force of the high street rental auction legislation;
  • the long-awaited consultation on energy performance of buildings;
  • a consultation on permitted insurance fees for landlords, freeholders and managing agents under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024; and
  • the response to the government's call for evidence on land rights and consents for critical electricity network infrastructure projects.

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