Recent Articles

The ISA maze – which one is best to save for your first home? (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
May 18, 2018

Saving for your first home can be challenging enough without having to negotiate your way through the maze of different government initiatives.

Kate Faulkner property expert on This Morning – FTBs, BoMaD and last-time buyers (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
May 18, 2018

Halifax [Britain’s biggest mortgage provider] in their monthly housing report, announced that houses fell by 3.1% in April - this is steepest fall in the UK housing market since September 2010 - is it a good time to buy?

Kate on Money Box - is the market cooling? (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
May 15, 2018

At the weekend, I was on BBC Radio 4 Money Box discussing a potential cooling of the property market. Below is a summary of what Paul Lewis and I talked about – with some extra detail which we didn’t have time to get to on the day.

Code of practice for product recalls in wake of Grenfell tragedy (in: Building and Renovating Property Checklists)
May 10, 2018

The government has launched a new code of practice, albeit voluntary, providing clear guidance for retailers needing to recall faulty products, in the first major announcement from the new Office for Product Safety and Standards.

‘Tenant hoarder’ leaves landlord in a financial mess (in: Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists)
May 3, 2018

Ex-social worker and professional landlord of 30 years, Leslie-Ann Franklin, is facing having to sell the rental property she lives next door to in March, Cambridgeshire, after a complex case involving an extreme hoarder has left her in financial ruin.