Portas Review: Property industry welcomes call to unlock landlord investment in high streets

Landlords have welcomed a key recommendation from retail guru Mary Portas that would free them to deliver significant extra investment in the nation’s problem high streets.

Autumn statement: Support for property industry, but concerns remain

Given the perilous state of public finances and the economic maelstrom at home and abroad, the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement went about as far as the property industry could have reasonably hoped today.

Property industry welcomes ‘first step’ towards coherent housing strategy and review of private rented sector

The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed the government’s new housing strategy, but warned there must be no delay or timidity in its execution.

BPF welcomes ‘pro-growth’ Localism Act

In the wake of the Localism Bill receiving Royal Assent and becoming law today, the British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed the new Localism Act. The Act aims to give local neighbourhoods more say over where development goes, in the hope that this will make them more likely to embrace it.