The Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has urged the Government to move ‘further and faster’ in terms of delivering the leasehold reform it has previously promised. Zah Azeem, Partner at…
According to the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) by the time the forthcoming Building Safety Bill is given Royal Assent, the number of statutory provisions applying to the sector in England will have risen by…
Now that we’ve reached the end of the Stamp Duty holiday purchasers who haven’t completed their transactions by the end of September might have to pay an extra £15,000 of Stamp Duty to secure their…
We have recently received several instructions from clients who purchased a Help to Buy property, writes Clive Scrivener, Founding Partner at Scrivener Tibbatts the Wimbledon based chartered surveyors. Help to Buy which was first introduced in…
Rightmove Landlord and Tenant Services has unveiled plans for its new ‘Rent in Five’ plan. It’s new lettings service direct to landlords will do much to take away significant market share away for lettings agents,…
Earlier this year Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government set out a five-point plan to bring an end to unsafe cladding, provide reassurance to homeowners and support confidence in…
I was really disappointed, writes Zah Azeem, a Partner at Chartered Surveyors Scrivener Tibbatts, to read that Sean Tompkins, the CEO of my chartered body, RICS, is to receive bonuses of more than £260,000, in…
The Conveyancing Association the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has come out in favour of the inclusion of a new Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill that was announced in the Queen’s Speech to Parliament. …
Admiral Insurance estimate that one third of the British population now lives in rental properties. They’ve compiled this list of frequently used terms if you’re renting. It’s aimed at potential landlords, but we thought it…
Lockdown restrictions are easing at last and it’s great to see those retail units closed for months reopening, almost like flowers in spring. But all is not really rosy in Wimbledon Village. Just a ten-minute…