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Share of Freehold

So you have done it.  You have been through the process of buying your freehold and you have emerged the other side as proud new ‘share of freeholders’.  So what…

Stamp Duty Holiday – The End is Nigh

The Stamp Duty Land Tax Relief for first time buyers buying a property between £125,001 and £250,000 comes to an end on 24th March 2012. First time buyers buying a…

Tenant Deposit Schemes

In April 2007 the law changed in respect of how tenant’s deposits are held In respect of most new tenancies granted after 6 April 2007, Landlords should be aware that…

Rights of Light Seminar – 4 June 2008

On 4 June Ashworths held the latest in their series of developer orientated seminars. The seminar was presented by Andrew Frances, a leading Barrister specialising in Rights of Light claims.…

Every Cloud…..

Over recent weeks you cannot have escaped stories in the press predicting doom and gloom for the property market. There is no doubt that over recent months there has been…

Deposit Guarantee Schemes

The RICS have published statistics which suggest that acquiring a buy-to-let property is now 500 per cent more expensive than it was five years ago. A 70 per cent Loan…

A Market Review – 2007

2007 has been a difficult year for UK property. Whilst there is no sign of the threatened property “crash”, there is no escaping the fact that the market for both…

A Helping Hand on the Property Ladder

As the property market continues on its downward trend and mortgages become harder to secure, parents may be caught up in the decision of whether to assist their children in…

General Permitted Development Rights

Householders currently enjoy significant permitted development rights which largely remove the need to apply for planning permission for someone looking to alter or extend their home within certain ‘permitted development’…
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