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New free advice service for people facing eviction or repossession launched
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.

Kate Faulkner's property price and market report - June 2023
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
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
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. 

How accurate are property price and rental forecasts?
Jun 27, 2023

It’s very tricky to predict what happens to property prices, especially in the short term. This is because the market going up or down is heavily influenced by consumer confidence of what is going to happen, but this can be changed ‘overnight’. Read more to find out what Kate Faulkner thinks about price and rental forecasts.