Conveyancing is a term for the legal process of transferring ownership of a property from one party to another. The…
A recent decision of the Supreme Court will provide some comfort to estate agents who have genuinely negotiated a sale…
The government is proposing new rules to require private landlords to provide electrical safety certificates. Regulations will be introduced requiring…
When a person buys the leasehold to a property, they are buying a diminishing asset. The less time there is…
Auctions can involve the sale of goods (paintings, furniture, jewellery etc) or real property (houses, flats, commercial premises etc). Most…
Many individuals supply their services through the medium of a ‘personal service company’ (‘PSC’). The benefit to the individual is…
Following the change in rules relating to the taxation treatment of buy-to-let properties (see our 18 July 2017 article Furnished…
Most flats will be sold as leasehold properties. So your first question might be: what is a leasehold property? Unlike…
A house in multiple occupation (‘HMO’) is a property where different (unrelated) households are living and sharing facilities such as…
Buyers of long leasehold flats are increasingly finding that they cannot get a mortgage where the lease contains an ‘escalator’…
Many leasehold owners of flats are offering their properties for short term holiday accommodation, commonly referred to as ‘Airbnb’ after…
Joint ownership with a partner or friends is popular with people who want to get on the property ladder but…
