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Our experts on residential property investment and development share their thoughts on what’s happening in the sector
If you own a flat with a short lease, whatever it is worth now it will jump up in value if you ever extend the lease. On paper at least, you should make a profit. If your lease has fewer than 80 years remaining at the point you extend it, you must share half of that hypothetical profit with your...
How to avoid the pitfalls of building down. In early November last year, the residents of Durham Place, London, which looks over Burton Court and the Royal Hospital in Chelsea,...
Sales of existing homes rose 2.0% in July, to a 5.99 million seasonally adjusted annual (see top of first chart). Sales are up 1.5% from a year ago. Sales in the market for...
How technology is opening up single-family rentals as an emerging asset class for investors. Today, technology plays an integral role in society, heightened ever more by the...
Sales of existing homes rose 1.4% in June, to a 5.86m seasonally adjusted annual (see top of first chart). Sales are up 22.9%t from a year ago. Sales in the market for existing...
There were two recent events of importance to the private rental sector. These were, first, the announcement on how the Government will take forward the various limitations on...
The efficiency of the UK’s vaccination roll-out and the subsequent easing of lockdown restrictions have brought a renewed sense of confidence into London’s Prime Central London...
It is no coincidence that the right to adequate housing is included in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The place you call home has a fundamental impact on your...
Sales of new single-family homes rose sharply in March, increasing 20.7% to 1.021 million at a seasonally adjusted annual rate from a 846,000 pace in February. Sales are an...
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