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…
Leasehold enfranchisement includes the processes of lease extension, freehold acquisition and the correction of management problems within leasehold properties. ALEP (the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners) exists to ensure that specialists involved in this sector…
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