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Key details leaseholders need to know about service charges Oct 18, 2023: Mark Chick, Director of The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) outlines the key details leaseholders need to know about service charges.

Property market slowing but is it all bad news? Sep 13, 2023: The indices are now reflecting the slowdown in the market picked up by agents, surveyors and legal companies a few months ago. This shouldn’t be unexpected, but the movement of interest rates to 5% and now 5.25% was always going to be a breaking point in the property market as it takes mortgage rates up to and in some cases beyond the first time buyer stress tests introduced in 2014.

Don’t be put off buying a home because of the 'average house prices' in the media Aug 30, 2023: Pretty much on a weekly basis the media will report what’s happening to average prices in the property market. To show how misleading average property prices are, we show the difference between the ‘average price’ and a reasonable two bed flat or terraced house. In contrast, we also show the most expensive.

New free advice service for people facing eviction or repossession launched Aug 3, 2023: The government has just announced a new scheme called the 'Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service'. This will provide free legal advice to either tenants or homeowners who are at risk of losing their home. Read more here.

Kate Faulkner's property price and market report - June 2023 Jun 27, 2023: Despite much of the media focusing on property prices, from a buyer’s/seller’s perspective, for the industry and indeed for the economy, what’s more important is the data we receive on transactions. To find out why, read Kate Faulkner's latest property price and market report here.