Exactly as we predicted in December, house prices have not fallen off a cliff, writes Clive Scrivener, Partner at Wimbledon based Chartered Surveyors Scrivener Tibbatts. According to Rightmove prices were steady on the month at…
It beggars belief that a role so intrinsic to the challenges faced by the government changes hands so often. Rachel Maclean MP was confirmed as Housing Minister by Rishi Sunak in his ministerial reshuffle this…
Reported by Housing Today the government has agreed to extend the practical completion deadline for homes reserved under the Help to Buy scheme just days before the deadline was due to be passed. The decision…
A recent advert in the Royal Institute of Architects magazine RIBA Journal reminded me that occasionally building works and development on a boundary between properties in different ownership create an open invitation to numerous and…
The number of residential property transactions in November was 12% higher than that of the same month last year, according to the latest figures from HMRC. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, there were 114,200 transactions…
Have you heard about The Line? It passed us by too when it was first announced by Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in January 2021, but as chartered surveyors we’re naturally…
We’ve enjoyed writing about Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) over the last three or so years. The announcement by Kwasi Kwarteng to cut SDLT was highly welcomed by the property sector, as he aimed to…
We’ve mentioned frequently in this section that the so called ‘experts’ trying to call the residential property market rarely have a clue, writes Zah Azeem, Partner at Wimbledon based Chartered Surveyors Scrivener Tibbatts. It’s little…
Occasionally building works and development on a boundary between properties in different ownership create an open invitation to numerous and much-reported arguments and disputes. Party walls are shared walls separating buildings such as semi-detached and…
According to the latest HM Land Registry data property prices increased by an average of 0.9% in August to reach £295,903, writes Zah Azeem, Partner at Wimbledon based Chartered Surveyors Scrivener Tibbatts. Despite UK house…