Landlords take note, on the back of a recent case, you face an increased risk that tenants will challenge costs which they are responsible for in a lease. The case in question related to tenants’ challenge of insurance costs the Tribunal found in favour of the tenants, because the costs incurred were considered to be … Continue Reading
Blighted residential and commercial properties are a major impediment to rehabilitation and redevelopment efforts in cities and towns throughout Pennsylvania. However, late in the 2016 legislative term, the Pennsylvania House and Senate enacted new laws that will change the rehabilitation and redevelopment landscape. On November 4th, 2016 Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Senate Bill … Continue Reading
Our tax team has written a client alert on the extension of UK CGT to gains arising from the disposal of UK residential property after April 2015 by non-resident individuals and entities. This will extend UK CGT beyond its current scope: historically, non-UK resident individuals and companies disposing of UK property were not subject to … Continue Reading
As a result of the proliferation of on-line hosting platforms (Airbnb, VRBO, Craigslist, etc.) the number of incidents of short-term residential rentals in San Francisco may have reached 100,000 last year. What’s interesting is that the majority of these incidents were illegal under San Francisco law. Indeed, San Francisco currently bans owners and tenants of … Continue Reading
This post was written by Lesley Vars and Leah Speckhard Prices for transferable development rights, commonly referred to as “air rights”, in New York City are reaching sky high numbers as developers scramble to build higher and higher. According to the Wall Street Journal’s April 23, 2014 article, titled “Sky is the Limit for Air … Continue Reading
There was a surprise announcement in today’s Budget in relation to “high-end” residential property. The government has significantly extended the scope of the SDLT 15% “penal” rate that applies to acquisitions of residential property by non-natural persons (i.e. corporate entities). The 15% rate currently applies to individual residential properties worth over £2,000,000. From midnight tonight the 15% … Continue Reading
Despite the recent low interest rate environment, some projects just will not support market rate construction loans. What then is the developer to do? Over the last few years developers have begun to turn to the purchaser to finance construction of a project. This technique can be used for both residential and commercial development. Many … Continue Reading
This post was written by Julia Berry and Siobhan Hayes. Unprecedented amendments to planning permitted development rights for change of use from office to residential came into force last week. There are a number of conditions which must be met, including – that the building must be in use or last used as B1(a) offices; … Continue Reading