Low and medium-rise blocks which have received fire safety checks that state remediation is needed are still likely to need that work before banks will provide mortgages despite new government advice, ...

Low and medium-rise blocks which have received fire safety checks that state remediation is needed are still likely to need that work before banks will provide mortgages despite new government advice, ...

The government is reportedly set to withdraw its advice about the use of controversial EWS1 building safety forms immediately. The government said housing secretary Michael Gove will later today ...

Flats in tower blocks that required EWS1 building safety forms rose 8% to 43,000 mortgage valuations in the three months to June, according to official data. But valuations demanded by lenders rose ...

The Royal Insitution of Chartered Surveyors has updated its External Wall Systems 1 (EWS1) form with the agreement of lending bodies to reflect new ‘proportionate’ fire safety guidance backed by the ...

Mike Fox, Managing Director of MAF Associates, offers his perspective on the recently updated guidance on EWS1 forms in residential buildings below 18m. More defined guidance led by long-term ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has set out new guidance to clarify which properties require valuers to complete an EWS1 form and which do not, in a bid to unlock the sales of flats with ...

A professional indemnity insurance scheme to help qualified people get the cover they need to carry out external wall assessments (EWS1) has been launched by the government. An EWS1 form is not a ...

Leaseholders are being duped into paying thousands of pounds to fraudsters faking inspection forms amid concerns over fire safety. Which? has evidence that at least one firm has issued fake External ...

Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders should be free to move home thanks to clearer guidance about which blocks of flats need to be checked for combustible cladding and other fire safety defects. Many ...