Firstly, sorry for the silence on the blog and Instagram page. The property market is so busy at the moment due to the stamp duty holiday and the first stage discount ending in June. You may have seen in the news that the Queens Speech contained the governments pledge to abolish ground rents in futureContinue reading “Leasehold changes”
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Hydrogen Homes…the future?
The UK’s fire homes with household appliances fuelled entirely be hydrogen are to be built in Gateshead, funded in part by the Governments Hy4Heat innovation programme. These new homes provide us with a glimpse of future homes, with no carbon emissions. 2 semi-detached homes will open in 2021 in Low Thornley, Gateshead. The properties includeContinue reading “Hydrogen Homes…the future?”
Landlord updates
A summary of a few things Landlord related in the news recently… Cladding– as you may have seen the Government have pledged to pay for all unsafe cladding to be replaced on high rise blocks over 18m A low interest loan scheme will be offered to Tenants in lower height blocks. More detail to followContinue reading “Landlord updates”
Landlords-what’s the latest?
I haven’t written a blog post for some time and so I hope you’ve all been keeping up to date on my Instagram page @ukpropertylaw There have been a few recent comments surveys and I’m sure you’ll have seen that the housing market is extremely busy and property lawyers and conveyancers are struggling to manageContinue reading “Landlords-what’s the latest?”
Affordable Homes
Earlier this week the government announced the prospectus for the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme. The plans to build 180,000 new homes were confirmed in the budget in March. The announcement also contains plans on the new right to Shared Ownership scheme and the new Shared Ownership model. The plans will include around 50% for discountedContinue reading “Affordable Homes”
Exchange of Contracts
I mentioned in a previous blog that exchange of contracts is the point in a conveyancing transaction where it becomes legally binding. But what exactly does that mean? I will go into more detail on the process up to exchange of contracts in the future, but what exactly is this magical point of the transactionContinue reading “Exchange of Contracts”
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