A recent news item on one of our industry portals highlighted the importance of landlords keeping their details up-to-date on the Land Registry UK website. Unfortunately, the landlord had been a victim of significant fraud. The fraudsters managed to clone his ID and passport, and they then managed to access both of his bank accounts. […]
More than a year ago, the government announced its forthcoming plans to reform the future of homeownership in England and Wales, being noted as the “biggest reform to property law in a generation”. In recent weeks, there have been some moderate developments with The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 coming into force, restricting ground […]
During the first five months of 2022, a record 23% of property sales in London were conducted off-market. The reasons for this? The shortage of stock has given Londoners the confidence to sell discreetly with sellers often going under the radar to try an above-market price. The first generation of off-market sellers were those primarily […]
Property valuation is possibly the most contentious aspect of running an estate agency. It is natural that the vendor of a property will want as high a price as possible for it, as does the agent. Using the expert knowledge of a local, trusted estate agent The actual value of a property is of course […]
