Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their local market. This month we meet members of The Guild of Property Professionals in Devon and…
Read MoreWhy is HMRC charging capital gains tax on off-plan properties?
Buyers may be faced with a capital gains tax (CGT) liability even when selling their main home – if they bought it off-plan. Henry Fea, tax, trusts and successions lawyer at Charles…
Read MoreSomething more than B&B
Why – and how – has Airbnb taken over the online short let marketplace? Marc Trup, CEO of Arthur Online, explains.
Read MoreIs conveyancing really to blame for sales falling through?
When the dreaded call comes in that a sale has fallen through, the news is a double whammy for estate agents. Not only will they not get their commission, says Joanne Christie,…
Read MoreProperty market snapshot: run put to Xmas
Kate Faulkner says: “Confidence is waning. Brexit is starting not to influence the market, but to influence people’s confidence. As Christmas approaches, unless you have to, why would you move?”
Read MoreIncreasing the value of your business
A great deal of my consultancy work these days involves helping business owners to increase the value of their businesses prior to a sale in a few years’ time. Letting businesses used…
Read MoreLost property
Landlords can, in extreme circumstances, forfeit long residential leases, leaving the owner homeless and the landlord with a valuable windfall. Property lawyer, Jeremy Stephen, considers a recent case.
Read MoreGet the Facebook message
Go back ten years, says Nelly Berova, agents would call or email their clients to move a deal forward. Now, we see a massive shift to a different method. As this shift…
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