Why buying a flat in Britain will backfire
Furthermore, some leasehold agreements include clauses allowing for the doubling of ground rents every 10 years or so. This leaves...
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House price falls have bottomed out – now is the time to buy
The past 18 months have been a turbulent time in the property market, buffeted by rising mortgage rates, a drop...
Michael Gove’s second homes crackdown is Marxist – and dangerously naive
Thus the principle of relating council tax liability to the likely use of services by the occupier of the property...
‘We sold our house – then the bank knocked £100,000 off its value’
Discovering that her lender thought it was worth only £320,000 was a huge shock. “It was crazy,” added Lea, who...
Why it’s Tony Blair’s fault that you cannot buy a house
Again, the unaffordability of housing in London is both a symptom and a cause of Sir Tony’s toxic economic legacy,...
The one last big mistake that Michael Gove is determined to make
Furthermore, the bill is the latest in a string of anti-landlord and anti-property investor policies that have punished second home...
