Residential Conveyancing - Moving House Blog

A recent report from the Legal Ombudsman - "Losing the Plot - residential conveyancing complaints and their causes" - expressed concerns about the rising level of complaints about residential conveyancing services. The Ombudsman insists that...

The Census figures released last week shows that the local population in Wigan actually grew in the last decade, by 5.4%, fuelling a demand for more housing. But what it also showed was that the number of households is rising. There are currently 23.4...

It happens to thousands of people every year, can cost them a lot of money and there is very little that can be done to stop it happening. Gazumping is a term used for the situation when a property seller accepts an offer from one potential buyer, but then...

When looking to buy a home, the first thing most people will, or perhaps should do, is contact their lender to work out how much they can afford to borrow. However, what they may not consider at the outset is what restrictions the lender may place on the...

A new regulation which requires septic tanks to be registered will come into force from January 1st 2012. This new law will means that under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, householders with existing or new septic tanks...

Another property report from accountants PWC has painted an even more depressing picture of the future of the property market referring to a ‘mini ice age’ until 2020.   The report suggests that, taking into account inflation, prices...

A recent report by Knight Frank provides a stark illustration of the dramatic differences in the residential property market between London and the South East and the rest of the country. Whilst central London has seen regular monthly prices rises and...

A revival in the numbers of buy to let properties being snapped up could be good news for the property market. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has said recently that they expect to see buy to let figures increasing over the course of the year as the...

As homeowners brace themselves for higher interest rates, remortgaging in the UK is at its highest level in almost 26-months, new figures have revealed. According to the Bank of England, in February, 35,725 loans were approved for people switching to a new...

First time buyers across the UK believe they could be as old as 40 by the time they make their first steps on the property ladder.   Research by property website Globrix.com found that as many as 40% of aspiring first time buyers think they...