BEYOND THE ROOM

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WORTH YOUR TEA BREAK

12 November at the Dickens Inn: the deals everyone else drives past

Thursday 12 November 2026 at the Dickens Inn. Rob Stewart on why judgement is the only edge left in property, plus discovery tables. Tickets £99.

Latest from beyond the room

No guru energy. No Lamborghinis. Just what’s working.

Suzi Carter of Commercial Property Academy speaking at Phoenix Property Meet

Asking prices are not values: how to find the deals others miss

Asking prices are not values. Suzi Carter on the four places the property market misprices deals, and why the right buyer spots
Property investors talking around a table at a Phoenix Property Meet networking session

Why the best deals start with “who do you know?”

Property is a people business pretending to be a numbers business. How to network without being that person, and what Hand Down.
Speaker presenting small-site layout design at Phoenix Property Meet

Small sites, smaller headaches? 2026’s planning changes for small developers

From 6 August 2026, sites of 0.2 hectares or less are exempt from biodiversity net gain. What this year's changes mean for
Row of red-brick Victorian terraced houses at golden hour

Buy-to-let in 2026: rates, tax and the maths that’s changed

Bank Rate at 3.75%, average fixes near 6% and a two-point tax rise on rental income from April 2027. What it means
Front door with key in the lock of a London terraced house

Renters’ Rights Act: six months in, what’s changed and what’s next

Section 21 is gone, tenancies are periodic and the landlord database launches 15 December 2026. What's changed, what's next and what to

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