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16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Debate - are second home owners pricing out locals and destroying communities?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CornwallHomes400x310.png)
Schofields Insurance has claimed that there are pros and cons for and against second homes as the dispute about second home...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Upfront information – is this a major change for the property market?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Following the announcement that National Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are set to improve the standard of...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Bill completes parliamentary journey - what now?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/parliament400x310.png)
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act, once it comes into effect, will prevent ground rent being charged on most new leases. Anyone...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
!['Explosive' growth of single-family housing shows maturity of UK BTR](/upload/images/library/FamilyatHome-mio-400x310.jpg)
Goldman Sachs made the headlines after announcing a partnership with Urban & Civic to deliver hundreds of rental homes across the...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding crisis - SLC pens letter to Michael Gove urging action](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
John Clay, a board member and past chairman of the Society of Licensed Conveyancers, has written an open letter to the...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Opinion - leasehold reform should be top of Michael Gove’s 'to-do’ list](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Housebuilder Countryside Properties has become the latest big developer to pledge an end to ground rents on leasehold properties, meaning that...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why the end of the stamp duty holiday is good for the property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Introducing a stamp duty holiday at the height of the pandemic was commendable but it has overstayed its welcome, says Tom...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![How has the UK property market fared in the five years since the Brexit vote?](/img/default/pit.png)
This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Most leasehold homeowners consider service charges unfair, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest frustrations for leasehold homeowners – aside from factors like doubling ground rents and a sense that they...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding update – supporting investors, but also warning them…](/img/default/pit.png)
Property developer and Reform UK leader Richard Tice has outlined a new warranty scheme to resolve the cladding crisis affecting thousands...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold scandal – NLC welcomes CMA announcement on ‘onerous’ ground rents](/img/default/pit.png)
The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) – the UK's largest and most influential campaign group on leasehold reform - has welcomed the...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – what does the 2% SDLT surcharge mean for overseas investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – how the National Leasehold Campaign took the fight to leasehold](/img/default/pit.png)
The leasehold scandal has been one of the biggest topics of debate and controversy in the property industry in recent years,...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Incredibly strong backing for leasehold reform, says poll](/img/default/pit.png)
A guest piece we ran on Monday suggesting that the government’s plans for leasehold might not represent a victory for leaseholders...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![North/south divide - is the Treasury's 80/20 rule really that unfair?](/img/default/pit.png)
“The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers. Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends Or other testimony of summer nights.” (T.S. Eliot, The Waste...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why investment in leasehold is crucial to building safety](/img/default/pit.png)
It is no secret that the leasehold market has had its challenges in recent years. Abuses by a number of developers...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![10 Essential Safety Requirements For New Landlords](/img/default/pit.png)
With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...
30 October 2020
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
![Needed: documented evidence to support MMC, says expert](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent years, there has been a growing trend towards more innovative methods of construction - such as off-site and modular - to...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investing in a leasehold? You may want to think again!](/img/default/pit.png)
With the leasehold scandal back on the news agenda thanks to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opening enforcement cases focusing...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside! Should you invest in Bognor Regis?](/img/default/pit.png)
Now is the ultimate time to invest in the West Sussex market town of Bognor Regis, according to Sussex-based property lettings...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - number of retired expats returning to the UK rises](/img/default/pit.png)
A retirement property provider has said it has experienced a significant rise in enquiries from UK nationals currently based in Europe...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - how is ski property bouncing back from Covid-19?](/img/default/pit.png)
Ski resorts were at the centre of some of the earliest spikes of Covid-19 in Europe, including examples of super-spreaders in...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Confusion abounds – where can and can’t investors go?](/img/default/pit.png)
Knowing exactly where you can go without having to self-isolate for 14 days upon your return to the UK will be...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget announcement – stamp duty surcharge introduced for overseas buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration: take me down to the Old Kent Road](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today recently went to visit Old Kent Road, the ancient thoroughfare subject to a planned £10 billion regeneration. It’s...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent - engaging communities to get the most from investment](/img/default/pit.png)
It is unfair to assume that people who rent rather than own their home have less of a stake in their...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold - your questions for Heather Wheeler MP](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory Client Money Protection – what do landlords need to know?](/img/default/pit.png)
On April 1 2019, the rental sector shifted into a new era of even greater professionalisation with the introduction of mandatory...
09 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![The Leasehold Scandal](/img/default/pit.png)
With continued media interest in the unfair leasehold practices of some freeholders and ever-increasing queries from clients surrounding this point, I...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Plan to ban leaseholds on new-build houses is ‘step in right direction’](/img/default/pit.png)
The government’s plan to ban housebuilders from selling houses as leasehold in England and reduce ground rents on flats to zero...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Political party manifestos don’t go far enough on leasehold reforms](/img/default/pit.png)
The Conservative and Labour parties have now published their manifestos ahead of next week’s general election, which include policies to reform...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![London Assembly expresses concern that EU nationals are being refused mortgages](/img/default/pit.png)
London Assembly members have expressed concern at the apparent lack of mortgages in the UK being issued to EU citizens. A French...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top schools add £18,600 to average home price in England](/img/default/pit.png)
Investing in property near a good primary school adds £18,600 to the average price of a home in England, while property...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Industry welcomes Berlin's latest Airbnb ruling](/img/default/pit.png)
A recent court ruling in Berlin has been welcomed by landlords and letting agents with properties in the German capital. Last week,...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![On-demand services take the chore out of selling property](/img/default/pit.png)
The process of auctioning a property can be a messy affair in more ways than one. Keeping your property clean and...