Forfeiture Of Residential Leases – Again
Triplerose Ltd v Patel [2018] UKUT 374 (LC) All conveyancers will be well aware of the promised –threatened? – changes to residential leaseholds. One of the perceived problems with residential leases is the availability of the right to forfeit i.e. terminate the lease. If a lease were to be forfeited, this would result in the […]
House Price Growth Will Remain Flat In 2019
As 2018 comes to an end and the property market has witnessed a significant slowing of property prices, a recent Rightmove report has forecast that UK property price growth will remain flat at 0% throughout 2019. Obviously, this will vary according to region with the South East of England and London Commuter-belt regions taking the […]
UK House Price Growth Hits Six Year Low
The Halifax Price Index has revealed that the annual house price growth of 0.3% is at its lowest rate since December 2012. Currently, the average house price in the UK stands at £224,578. Furthermore, on a monthly basis, house prices have decreased by 1.4% from October’s figures. This also means that house prices have continually […]
Conveyancers Told To Embrace The Digital World
Delegates attending the Conveyancing Association’s annual conference last week heard a series of presentations about how technology is changing the way that conveyancers work; and the ways in which consumers expect to interact with their legal advisers. The theme for the day was that we are living through unprecedented times of change with new technology […]