This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: commentary on Budget 2026, proposals to extend leaseholder protections under the Building Safety Act 2022, the coming into force of provisions in Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 relating to service charges, HMLR guidance on contractual control rights reporting and HMLR consultations on fee reform and access to land ownership data, amendments to requirements for execution of documents by building societies and cases on break notices, assignment of beneficial interests, residential service charges, discharge of restrictive covenants, agricultural holdings and SDLT.