Why the property legal ownership thread must be more than an administrative task
A robust legal ownership thread is vital for optimising portfolios, securing financing and keeping governance airtight. With decades of experience in housing, we’ve seen how often legal ownership gets overlooked as an administrative task. In reality, it’s a powerful strategic tool that drives financial stability, operational efficiency, and growth. Housing associations’ most valuable assets are […]
The property legal thread: are you building on strong and accurate foundations?
With the King’s speech expressing a desire to ‘Get Britain Building’ alongside the new government ambition to build 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament – the scene is set. Now is the opportunity for board and executive teams to seek assurance that they have robustly governed foundations for their existing property portfolio. This […]
The Importance of Legal Ownership: An Asset Management and Investment Perspective
A deep understanding of legal ownership is pivotal for effective asset management and attracting investment. Additionally, it is a fundamental yet overlooked strand to the foundations of the regulatory requirement to keep and maintain an accurate and up to date ‘Assets and Liabilities Register’. Legal ownership underpins strategic decisions, risk management, and financial planning, ensuring […]
Shifting the transactional nature of legal advice to a more holistic one
How can the barriers be broken down between law firms and housing associations (as clients) to ensure that housing associations are optimising the use of the law firms effectively and efficiently. The barriers between law firms and housing associations (as clients) continue to exist, and include: Separate siloed relationships can occur between law firms and […]
Untangling the knot on property charging
Would you love to have a streamlined and efficient property charging process to ensure that you are ready to optimise financial opportunities? When seeking new borrowing, the property charging process is often the ‘knot’ that can prevent timely completion and efficient access to liquidity for housing associations. With mergers and refinancing, this simply increases the […]
Can the line of distinction between homes ‘owned’ and homes ‘managed’ be clearly drawn?
How confident are Board and Executive Teams on the regulatory requirement to keep a thorough, up to date, accurate and reliable ‘Assets and Liabilities Register’? Does it have the granular transparency needed to provide the holistic overview of homes as assets? With data as a top priority for every housing provider and the Regulator […]