All articles in the archive, listed chronologically.
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- How can an Independent Chartered Surveyor help you? (07/11/08)
- Stamp Duty Explained (07/11/08)
- Free House Purchasers’ Inspection Checklist (07/11/08)
- Why there is always some Market Activity (10/11/08)
- Mundic Block (21/01/09)
- Can’t sell – won’t sell? (06/05/09)
- Estate Agents (06/05/09)
- House Prices Rise Again (04/06/09)
- Bounce in the Housing Market (11/06/09)
- Asking prices fall (24/06/09)
- New Homebuyer Report launched by RICS (06/07/09)
- How to insulate your home (13/07/09)
- Residential property builders lash out at banks (16/07/09)
- Council Tax revaluation to hit homes with a view (27/07/09)
- August sees average house prices fall again (20/08/09)
- Proposed tax on £1m+ homes (22/09/09)
- Asbestos (23/09/09)
- Council Tax Explained (07/11/09)
- HIPs to be Scrapped? (25/11/09)
- Chimney Stacks, Flues and Fireplaces (26/11/09)
- Insulation of Timber Floors (25/11/09)
- What type of survey or advice do I need? (08/12/09)
- Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (12/01/10)
- UK Property Market Outlook, 2010 (14/01/10)
- Your Home is not your Castle – Who can access your home? (20/01/10)
- Over 50s advised to remove copper pipes to reduce Alzheimer’s risk (26/01/10)
- Property Market Sales Hit 2 year High (04/02/10)
- Has New Optimism Entered the Market? (16/02/10)
- Mortgage lending slumped to a 10 year low as the stamp duty holiday ended (22/02/10)
- Buying / Selling help from the OFT (25/02/10)
- Home ownership falls to lowest level for nearly 20 years (01/03/10)
- House prices fall for the first time in 10 months (01/03/10)
- Mortgage total lending increases again (01/03/10)
- Bank base rate stays the same (04/03/10)
- Gas Price Reduction Announced (09/03/10)
- Tesco backs cheap online estate agency (09/03/10)
- Tories set to restore holiday home tax break (22/03/10)
- Inflation Rate Falls (23/03/10)
- The Devil is in the Detail – Budget Comment (24/03/10)
- Furnished Holiday Letting (FHL) (30/03/10)
- Property Market Fact File April 2010 (16/04/10)
- Monthly Newsletter – April 2010 (19/04/10)
- Gross Mortgage Lending increases (20/04/10)
- Inflation figures released for March 2010 (20/04/10)
- March Property Lending Figures released (05/05/10)
- Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009 (10/05/10)
- Blue Plaques (24/05/10)
- Generating your own electricity – Wind Turbines (26/05/10)
- Coalition Government Property Proposals (26/05/10)
- British Bankers report subdued Mortgage activity in April (26/05/10)
- Property Market Fact File – May 2010 (26/05/10)
- Garden-grabbing to come to an end (09/06/10)
- Property Market Fact File – June 2010 (26/06/10)
- How to save money on your fuel bills (29/06/10)
- How close is your nearest Mobile Phone Mast? (30/06/10)
- Uncertainty in the Housing Market in June 16/07/10)
- Council of Mortgage Lenders – June Figures Released (20/07/10)
- Rightmove July Comment (23/07/10)
- Property Market Fact File – July 2010 (26/07/10)
- Property Law Leases – Tenant’s Option to Break(26/07/10)
- The Control of Wasps (27/07/10)
- GDP figures indicate growth in 2nd Quarter of 2010 (27/07/10)
- Furnished Holiday Let Losses (27/0/10)
- Saving Money with Household Waste Water (27/07/10)
- Save Money in your Garden or with an Allotment (10/08/10)
- New Homes Bonus Scheme to aid housing shortage (10/08/10)
- Carbon Monoxide Alarms Now Law (11/08/10)
- What do I need to consider if I am purchasing a leasehold property? (20/08/10)
- ‘Alien’ Weeds – how non-native plants can damage our property and harm our environment. (25/08/10)
- Property Landowners and Occupiers Liability and Duty of Care Ruling (25/08/10)
- Property Market Fact File – August 2010 (25/08/10)
- Increased evidence of North / South divide? (10/09/10)
- Home Ownership Pilot Scheme for Armed Forces (10/09/10)
- Desire for Home Ownership not diminished (17/09/10)
- 10 Questions on … Radon Gas (23/09/10)
- Council Tax Revaluations put on hold (24/09/10)
- Legal issues of buying a house at auction (28/09/10)
- Property Market Fact File – September 2010 (28/09/10)
- The Licencing of Houses of Multiple Occupation (28/09/10)
- New regulations for HMO landlords (28/09/10)
- Fire Safety in the home or office – Smoke Alarms (11/10/10)
- Origins of Place Names in England (15/10/10)
- House Damage by RAF (21/10/10)
- 10 questions on … Gargoyles and Grotesques (Oct 10)
- 10 Questions on … Climbing Plants and Buildings (21/10/10)
- Smoke Alarms: General Advice for New Buildings (21/10/10)
- Major Government Property Sell-off (21/10/10)
- Cutbacks create Government Property Asset Management Unit (22/10/10)
- House Conveyance clarity error of judgement (26/10/10)
- Leasehold Enfranchisement Opportunity for Commercial Tenants (28/10/10)
- Property Market Fact File – October 2010 (28/10/10)
- Economists expect 16% house price rise by 2014 (Nov 10)
- Autumn Flooding of Property strikes again (Nov 10)
- Code for Sustainable Homes updated (Nov 10)
- DIY man trapped in cellar or building (Nov 10)
- Is Working From Home a Legal Headache? (Nov 2010)
- Property Market Fact File – November/December 2010 (01/12/10)
- Government Plans to Improve Planning System (23/12/10)
- The Use of Force against Intruders (23/12/10)
- 10 Questions on Chancel Tax (31/12/10)
- Council Tax Fraud Scam (31/12/10)
- Wildlife Habitat in Britain’s Countryside Dramatically Improved (31/12/10)
- Light Pollution in the UK (04/01/11)
- Flies in your Windows and Attic? (05/01/11)
- Property Market Fact File – January 2011 (05/01/11)
- Neighbours from Hell face swifter Eviction (17/01/11)
- New Incentives to tackle the Blight of Empty Homes (18/01/11)
- Housebuilder’s Results January 2011 (19/01/11)
- Furnished Holiday Lets’ Tax Allowance to end soon (26/01/11)
- Surge in Rural Homelessness (29/01/11)
- What are Business Rates ? (31/01/11)
- How are Business Rates calculated? (31/01/11)
- Empty Commercial Property and Rates (31/01/11)
- First “Dark Sky Island†is Sark (01/02/11)
- Property Market Fact File – Feb 2011 (02/02/11)
- Party Wall Act – New Legal Precedent Ruling (25/02/11)
- Grant Shapps kickstarts local housebuilding “revolution†(25/02/11)
- DCLG revealed UK house prices rose in December (15/02/11)
- 27th March 2011 – Census of Every Household in the UK (25/02/11)
- How the Census Affects Housing and Planning Policy (25/02/11)
- Census History and Property Taxation (25/02/11)
- Urban fox lives the high life (28/02/11)
- Property Market Fact File – March 2011 (01/03/11)
- High Speed Rail Link Consultation Period (31/03/11)
- Housing Benefit Changes Commence in April 2011 (01/04/11)
- Landlord guilty of Breach under Housing Act: HMO (01/04/11)
- Business and Property Tax Breaks in 21 New Enterprize Zones (01/04/11)
- 10 Questions on … Smart Meters (04/04/11)
- “Stop That Hard Hat” Initiative (04/04/11)
- Right of Light Settlement Reached (04/04/11)
- Property Market Fact File – April 2011 (04/04/11)
- Cashback scheme for social housing tenants being piloted (15/04/11)
- Free Home Insulation (19/04/11)
- Your water bill (19/04/11)
- “Pay at the door” sex parties stopped in Westminster (26/04/11)
- Housebuilding Growth (28/04/11)
- New Laws for Household Energy Companies (28/04/11)
- Wind Farms paid nearly £900,000 to turn off their generators for One Night (01/05/11)
- Proposals to change Planning Laws – Government Consultations (02/05/11)
- Property Apportionment – Supreme Court precedent for unmarried couples expected (02/05/11)
- Property Market Fact File – May 2011 (04/05/11)
- Commercial and Residential Green Roofs – Life at the Top (24/05/11)
- Government Publishes Interactive Bathing Map (25/05/11)
- Tenants wanting to take over Management – Online Eligibility Tool Launched
(26/05/11) - Property Market Fact File – June 2011 (02/06/11)
- Loo with a view goes for £104,000 (03/06/11)
- The Corporate Manslaughter Act – Construction Death Conviction (03/06/11)
- Britain’s countryside to be blighted by 300 miles of Electricity Pylons (03/06/11)
- 10 Questions on … Hedgerow Regulations (03/06/11)
- Asbestos – an ever-present issue as firm convicted over fibre exposure (06/06/11)
- Greg Clark signals a Boost for ‘meanwhile’ Changes of Use of Empty Buildings (27/06/11)
- Property Market Fact File – July 2011 (01/07/11)
- A Concise Guide to Fire Safety in the Workplace (04/07/11)
- BEKO Fridge-Freezers DANGER FIRE WARNING – Emergency recall (04/07/11)
- Inheritance Tax Enquiries from the HMRC targets inaccurate Property Valuations (04/07/11)
- New Legal Bill to help Homeless Persons as Recession hits home (04/07/11)
- First Time Buyers often still need to scrape together £50,000 deposits (04/07/11)
- Liverpool University unveils £600m development (04/07/11)
- First English Heritage Awards Launched (04/07/11)
- 10 Questions on … Carrying out Repairs, Replacements and Building Work to your Home or Office (04/07/11)
- Bus Shelter built across Private Driveway … Again. (04/07/11)
- British Government say “NO” to European Matrimonial Property Proposals (05/07/11)
- Fire Safety in the Home (05/07/11)
- Government releases its long awaited National Planning Policy Framework (29/07/11)
- RICS – Importance of a survey (29/07/11)
- Property Market Fact File – August 2011 (01/08/11)
- Terms of Lease Not Followed – Legal Ruling (01/08/11)
- Village Green Legislation Subject to Change Pending Newly Announced Consultation (01/08/11)
- Change in Law in Sight on ‘Squatters Rights’? (01/08/11)
- How Long does it take to Change a Light Bulb? (01/08/11)
- Could Your Next Step on the Property Ladder Put You in Deep Water? (01/08/11)
- Renewable Heat Grants to be Made Available (01/08/11)
- 10 Questions on…. Solar Power (01/08/11)
- Fire and looting damage advice offered for properties affected by the disturbances (31/08/11)
- Property Market Fact File – September 2011 (02/09/11)
- Appeal Court case ends with ruling for tenant’s evictions for rent arrears. (05/09/11)
- A few reasons why you should be optimistic about Britain’s Housing Market (06/09/11)
- 10 Questions on … Geothermal Power (06/09/11)
- New factsheets for Tenants and Landlords to clarify rights and responsibilities (06/09/11)
- A few reasons why property is what you should consider investing in (06/09/11)
- Listed Buildings – Laws and Regulations: What, Why and How? (06/09/11)
- Law Breaking Rioters face eviction under the Housing Act 1985 as first council to pursue a possession order begins proceedings (06/09/11)
- Fire and looting damage advice offered for properties affected by the disturbances (06/09/11)
- Draft National Planning Policy could generate over 200,000 building jobs (06/09/11)
- Joint article by the Secretary of State and the Chancellor (06/09/11)
- UN Committee implores UK government to suspend the eviction of travellers from Dale Farm (06/09/11)
- Three clauses of the new Local Authorities Bill look set to make things difficult for Britain’s small travelling community. (01/09/11)
- Pussies galore as feline lover faces eviction (06/09/11)
- Party Wall Quandary: To Straddle or not to Straddle. (07/09/11)
- Property Market Fact File – October 2011 (03/10/11)
- Clarity of planning law required as Dale Farm Legal Challenge succeeds (03/10/11)
- Planning reforms sparking mixed reaction (04/10/11)
- Editor’s Comment (04/10/11)
- Initiatives announced to tackle Britain’s empty homes problem (04/10/11)
- Bizarre Information Tribunal ruling could cause surge in squatting (04/10/11)
- Bubble Hotels in the ‘City of Love’ that let you stargaze in bed (04/10/11)
- Legal Overview Guide – Shared Ownership Leases (04/10/11)
- Conservative benefactor in deal to buy half of the Olympic Village (04/10/11)
- How to sell in a buyers’ market(04/10/11)
- 10 Questions on … Bricks (04/10/11)
- Private Sewer Legislation – Your guide (04/10/11)
- Million Pound Homes in High Demand (31/10/11)
- Property Market Fact File – November 2011 (01/11/11)
- Japanese Knotweed – Your guide to identifying and dealing with this silent invader (01/11/11)
- The Average Briton’s Dream Home (01/11/11)
- Judge rules Leasehold Service Charges covered by Consumer Protection Laws (01/11/11)
- Co-operative Housing Tenure Bill introduced into the Commons (02/11/11)
- Big Ben Goes Floppy – MPs in Danger! (02/11/11)
- Preparing for the winter – what can you do to fight rising energy prices? (02/11/11)
- New report reveals extent of ‘underused homes’ (02/11/11)
- Million Pound Homes in High Demand (02/11/11)
- Accelerating the release of Public Land – New document released (02/11/11)
- Roof space letting for solar energy could be trouble for homeowners (02/11/11)
- Solar Feed-in-Tariffs cut drastically in Government review (02/11/11)
- 10 Questions on … Wind Turbines (02/11/11)