Recent Articles

New free advice service for people facing eviction or repossession launched (in: Media)
Aug 3, 2023

The government has just announced a new scheme called the 'Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service'. This will provide free legal advice to either tenants or homeowners who are at risk of losing their home. Read more here.

July 2023 property price report from Kate Faulkner (in: About Us)
Aug 2, 2023

Nearly all the indices are now either showing a fall in property prices or only slight growth, which over the next few months is likely to disappear. Zoopla correctly predicted that price falls will start feeding into the indices over the summer and with the latest increase in mortgage rates to 6%, that’s likely to spook even the hardiest of buyers. Having said that, there is a still a lot of positivity from the indices, but also some ‘not so good news’.

Kate Faulkner's property price and market report - June 2023 (in: Media)
Jun 27, 2023

Despite much of the media focusing on property prices, from a buyer’s/seller’s perspective, for the industry and indeed for the economy, what’s more important is the data we receive on transactions. To find out why, read Kate Faulkner's latest property price and market report here.

Section 5 Notices and the Right of First Refusal (in: Download our latest reports)
Jun 27, 2023

Mark Chick, Director of The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) explains what Section 5 Notices are and outlines how leaseholders and freeholders should approach the Right of First Refusal. Read ALEP's 'Section 5 Notices and the Right of First Refusal' article here.

Private rented sector report - Q1 2023 (in: How to work with us)
Jun 27, 2023

During the pandemic, the buying and selling market had the biggest shortage of supply and demand and experienced double digit growth (well for houses anyway), now however, for the first time I can remember, supply and demand is tighter in the rental market and with wage growth up, rents are rising more and for longer than they have before. To find out more, read my latest private rented sector report.