A wealthy London woman has found herself embroiled in a bitter legal battle with her neighbours after she surrounded part of her £3.6m home with a wooden barricade to ‘protect her privacy’.
Calls for property sellers, not buyers, to pay SDLT
A leading UK mortgage lender is calling upon Chancellor Philip Hammond to consider radical reforms to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) ahead of his forthcoming Budget announcements.
Mortgage approvals soared to ‘12-month high’ in January, says BBA
New data from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has revealed that UK mortgage approvals hit a 12-month high in January.
Landlord ordered to pay hefty sum over unlawful property conversion
A UK landlord who converted a semi-detached house into smaller flats despite being refused planning consent has been ordered to either pay a £108,000 confiscation order within three months, or face a four month prison sentence.
Commercial property prices and rental values grew last month, studies reveal
A new study suggests that UK commercial property values grew by 0.25 per cent in January – and that prices have held up ‘better than expected’ since the Brexit vote.