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In your own hands

 Flatie and BlockCare If you live in a leasehold block of apartments and are frustrated by poor managing agents, with the help of Flatie your worries could be over. The brainchild of Ringley, one of London's top managing agents, Flatie is a fun cartoon char...

Read    16/07/2018

The price for pre-application advice is likely to rocket, but Mr Flatie can cut the cost of crazy leaseholders

If FIFA president Sepp Blatter were to demand £2,000 from the FA every time he met with general secretary Alex Horne to discuss how England might win the 2018 World Cup vote on 2nd December, even Blatter would not survive the furore. Yet £2,000 is about the average c...

Read    10/10/2012

Make the most of it

Mary-Anne Bowring, Managing Director of Ringley, one of London's leading Managing Agents, and a Governor for the Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM) advises making the most of the economic downturn by adding value to a leasehold property. With propert...

Read    16/07/2018

Small blocks of flats that self-manage can save money

Small blocks of flats that are paying full management costs can save money by self-managing their property with Block Care 200, says Leaseholdersupport.co.uk. Block Care 200 is the UK's first online Accountant and Property Manager designed to assist leaseholders with...

Read    23/07/2012

Housing downturn reduces prices of lease extensions

Extending your lease in a falling market is cheaper as the property value is taken into account during a lease extension valuation according to The Ringley Group. This cost reduction presents an investment opportunity for leaseholders to add value to their property a...

Read    16/07/2018

Invest in your lease

Mary-Anne Bowring, Managing Director of Ringley, a leading Managing Agent, and a Governor for the Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM) tell us why now is a good time to start thinking about extending a lease. The UK housing market has taken a turn for ...

Read    16/07/2018

Buying your freehold

Mary-Anne Bowring, Managing Director of the Ringley Group gives 10 reasons why buying the freehold is a good investment. More say over the running of the block Guarantees a 999 year lease (subject to passing resolution to authorise). The block either manage the prope...

Read    26/10/2012

Words of warning over leaseholds

According to Mary-Anne Bowring, managing director of Ringley and a governor for the Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM). "We are receiving double the amount of enquiries each month on leasehold issues, the top enquiry being lease extensions, with abse...

Read    23/10/2012

Beyond Enfranchisement.

Post enfranchisement the 4 main issues to deal with are likely to be:extending leases to 999 years.releasing asset value by:(a) selling parts of the title (lofts, porters flats),(b) selling shares in the Freehold Company to flats who did not participate initially.dis...

Read    16/07/2018

Lease extensions on the top

Leaseholders enquiring about lease extension rose by almost 400% in 2007 reports The Ringley Group, Leasehold Guidance Service. The Ringley Group's consumer website www.leaseholdguidance.com reports that the number of enquiries for lease extensions has gone up dramat...

Read    23/10/2012

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