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For an industry responsible for handling billions of pounds of client funds, building safety, ever-increasing regulation and serving millions of residents, property management remains surprisingly underserved by technology.

A man, a woman and a child died after falling from a high-rise residential building in Elephant and Castle, south London, on 27 May 2026.

The site for a proposed apartment and hotel development in central Leicester has been brought to market by commercial property agents Bond Wolfe. 

A new app is set to help householders in the UK identify potential problem plants such as Japanese Knotweed, bamboo and Giant hogweed.

The latest insight from property management specialist, Rushbrook & Rathbone, suggests that many landlords may already be in a far stronger position than expected when it comes to meeting proposed EPC requirements by 2030, particularly those with smaller rental homes and flats. 

Six in ten tenants across England and Wales are renting for longer than they ever planned to, according to new research from LRG. The Spring 2026 Lettings Report, which draws on responses from 650 landlords and tenants, found that 40% say they have been in the rental market for much longer than they expected, with a further 20% saying somewhat longer. Just 1% have since bought a home.

Fire safety continues to be a major focus across the construction industry, with several new regulations and requirements coming into force in 2026. Whilst these changes are designed to improve safety and accountability, they also have a significant impact on project planning and overall construction costs. Understanding these changes early is important, particularly where additional fire safety measures may affect budgets, programme timelines and design requirements.

One of the UK’s best-known landlord and tenant solicitors in the Private Rented Sector has joined Central London law firm Bishop & Sewell. 

If you’re a director of a Resident Management Company (RMC), you’ll already know that analysing the accounts are part of the role. But it’s very common to feel unsure about the difference between statutory accounts and service charge accounts — especially as both are prepared every year and both relate to the same building/site.

The government’s Renters’ Right Act 2026 is being positioned as one of the biggest changes in legislation for the private rental sector in decades. With the abolition of Section 21 “no fault” evictions, stronger tenant protections and increased accountability for landlords, the reforms are designed to help to rebalance power in the rental market and improve housing standards across the UK. 

New analysis by Zero Deposit reveals that the proportion of local authority districts in which the average tenant is likely to need a rent guarantor to secure pass tenancy affordability checks could increase from one-in-five to almost one-in-two following the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Act which limits the financial protections landlords have at their disposal. 

Artificial intelligence has quickly become the defining technology of the moment. New tools are emerging at remarkable speed, reshaping how work is done across industries. In software development, for example, AI coding assistants are enabling engineers to produce output at dramatically higher rates than before. Similar productivity gains are now appearing across finance, healthcare, customer service and operations.