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Want to extend your lease? We'll show you how

Want to extend your lease but not sure how? We've produced a useful E-book to help you through the process.A leasehold flat is what is known as a diminishing or wasting asset. This means that over time, the market value of the property falls as the lease gets shorter...

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Housing courts: time for a rethink?

When the government announced in November last year that it wanted feedback on the idea of setting up a specialist housing court, the Civil Justice Council gave it the thumbs down. Now however, the suggestion could be given a boost because the idea of offering renter...

Read    02/09/2020

Focus on property management - but make sure you get it right!

Letting agents have been told today, that by focusing on lettings only and not offering property management, they could be losing out on thousands of pounds of potential income. New research from outsourcing supplier ARPM, reported in Letting Agent Tod...

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Could commonhold solve the costs conundrum?

Two years after Grenfell and this building is still covered in dangerous cladding. This message was projected onto a tower block in Salford this week to draw attention to the second anniversary of the fire which tragically took the lives of 72 people and ha...

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Has leasehold backfired on you?

Yesterday the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation to find out whether people are being treated fairly when buying their home. It hopes to identifying potential breaches of consumer protection law in the leasehold housing market. Ongoing ...

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What should be the new Prime Minister's property priorities?

The names are in. Theresa May stepped down as the UK Prime Minister on 7 June and 10 MPs are now in the running to be the next leader of the Conservative party. These include a couple with housing credentials: ex-housing secretary Sajid Javid and ex-housing minister ...

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Housing crisis - is a change to volumetric planning an answer?

Static wage inflation, rising rents, stagnating house price growth, and a house building industry propped up by overseas buyers and help to buy along with an onslaught of legislation and taxation on private landlords are not helping us build enough homes to solve the...

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Building safety back in the spotlight

Once again a residential block has gone up in flames. This time ? thankfully ? no one was killed. But it took 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines from the London Fire Brigade to get the huge blaze, at a block in Barking, under control. It seems that wooden balconies...

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How to sell your flat - fast!

If you want to sell your flat but it feels as if it's taking forever, you're not alone. New research from Rightmove found that more than a quarter of properties currently for sale have been on the market for at least six months. Stamp Duty changes, mortgage restricti...

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Fees ban - the unintended consequences

The Tenant Fees Act came into effect in England on Saturday, and big question marks are already hanging over the new legislation. The government and the lettings industry want to make renting fair for tenants, but agents are still determining if the new Act will work...

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