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Option Agreements – Purchasing land

Imagine a developer identifies a plot of land he or she believes has significant future development potential, but obtaining planning…
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Property – what do base rate rises mean for homeowners?

The Bank of England’s interest rate has been increasing. In May, the Bank of England’s base interest rate would rise…
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The Building Safety Act – What do I need to be aware of?

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Rising cost of construction contracts – impact on contractors and clients

In recent years, the construction industry has been hit with a torrent of obstacles, seeing prices rise significantly, with seemingly…
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Estate Rentcharges: why and how are they used on modern residential developments?

Estate Rentcharges enable Rentowners to recover the costs of maintaining any privately shared areas, roads and services from the owners…
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Caveats – a sword or a shield…

A caveat is a written notice given by someone which alerts the probate registry not to issue a grant of…
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Scamdemic – APP fraud on the rise

The increase of APP fraud over the course of the pandemic has lead to a total loss of £207.8 million…
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The cladding crisis: Government sets out new plan to protect leaseholders

The government reveal new plan to make developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis stemming from the Grenfell…
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Is Japanese Knotweed ‘Knot’ so bad anymore?

Are you buying or selling a property affected by Japanese knotweed? Or perhaps you have bought a house that since…
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Property Roundtable Spring Session

The Spring Session of the Property Roundtable marked both 1 year since the inception of the Roundtable discussions….
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Is now the time to use Option Agreements?

We’ve all heard the rhetoric of the Covid-19 lockdown being a strange and difficult time, and if you are looking…