Popular comedian Joe Lycett’s exposure of a London letting agent’s questionable practices shows that consumer rights are more relevant than ever, and as we’re more than aware, terrible practice is out there, but could publicity on shows like this be the stepping stone needed in order to crack down on these agencies once and for all?
Coles Miller Solicitors has expanded its team of commercial property lawyers to meet growing demand from across the country.The Commercial Property team is led by Partner Kerry Houston-Kypta: “We are very busy – we are seeing quite a few clients from London,” she said.
A daily roundup of all the key property news. Even though planning approval was awarded for 382,997 homes in England last year after pressure on councils to allow more housing, developers completed only 195,294 new homes, leading to accusations that they are holding back to wait for land values to increase. Analysis by the charity Shelter shows that while housebuilding has increased, it is at only half the rate of the rise in planning permission approvals,
I knew immediately when I looked around the available office space at Arena that I would fit in and that it was the right place for me to be located; only 2.6 miles from home with very nice serviced facilities giving my client’s a sense that my business is very professional.
We recently wrote another blog questioning whether the industry had got it wrong in terms of what diversity means.We equally have done numerous blogs and pushed many articles in regards to Modern Methods of Construction.
A daily roundup of all the key property news.The housing market is "pretty much flatlining" amid growing concerns about Brexit and political uncertainty, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' said in its report for July. Some 69% of property professionals said that sales prices were coming in below asking prices for homes marketed at more than £1m.
BCP Council (formerly Bournemouth): Darryl Howells, a director of the firm, has recently secured Prior Approval to convert a former light industrial building (Use Class B1(c)) to seven self-contained flats with zero car parking. The client instructed Creative Building Designs to prepare the plans, but asked Darryl to submit the planning application.
So, you own a great commercial investment, let on full repairing terms to a blue-chip covenant. Great. Sit back, collect the rent, relax as there's nothing to do? Well sometimes it works like that, but more often than not blue-chip companies fail to adhere to their repairing covenants.
A daily roundup of all the key property news. Scotland has overtaken London as the fastest place for a seller to find a buyer for their home. In 2014, it took 36 days in London on average to secure a buyer, but this rose to 60 days by last year, according to new figures compiled for the BBC by Rightmove. In contrast, the average time to secure a buyer fell from 66 days to 41 days over the same period in Scotland.
We like a challenge and so when Marc Gershon of WinMyDreamHome.com was referred to us by an existing client, we were intrigued.Marc is a property developer and has refurbished a house in Kentish Town, London – value £2.1m.
A daily roundup of all the key property news.Prices in London’s prime property areas are now 3.1% higher than they were at the end of 2018, according to the latest London Prime Property Index by private bank Coutts, which indicates that though sales activity picked up 21.4% on the previous quarter - the number of prime properties on the open market is down 12.5% on last year.
The planning process can at times seem a complex maze of application types and timescales. So we’d thought we’d shed some light on how long the planning process takes.
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