Are you thinking about moving across the country to start again in a new area? Or even to start a new job? The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) provides five top tips to ensure moving house runs smoothly. Visit the new area It can take six to eight months to feel at home in a new town, […]
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My father, George Freeman, who has died aged 89, was an interior designer whose varied career took him all over the world. As George Freeman Design Consultants, working from a small office close to his home in London, he specialised in designing the interiors of hotels in places such as Egypt, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Morocco and Kenya. He loved that line of work, as he particularly enjoyed the chance to visit new countries and to experience different cultures.
George was born to a working-class couple, Elizabeth (nee Quickenden) and Richard Freeman, and grew up in north London. Along with his elder brother, Dick, he was evacuated in the early years of the second world war to Childwickbury Manor in Hertfordshire, which later became the home of the film director Stanley Kubrick.
Continue reading...Law Commission aims to make it cheaper for leaseholders to buy freehold or extend lease
The Law Commission has set out a range of proposals which it said will make it cheaper for Britain’s four million leaseholders to buy their freehold or extend their lease. However, the reforms were immediately branded by campaigners as “nothing more than tinkering”.
Amid widespread controversy over spiralling ground rents and extortionate demands from freeholders, the government last year asked the Law Commission to produce proposals to simplify the process and provide a better deal for leaseholders.
Continue reading...Finding a home, whether as a first time buyer or a seasoned mover, can be as exciting and inspiring as it can be stressful and tiring. This top tip guide from OnTheMarket.com will help to ensure that the process of buying a house is as smooth and enjoyable as possible. 1. Finance comes first Before […]
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The repeated reference to “foreign buyers” in your editorial (6 January) as a key driver of the housing crisis, is in danger of misdirecting readers, as well as giving succour to populist narratives. It is not “foreignness” that housing policy needs to address, but the financialisation of the housing market, which has led to residential property being used as a wealth store or investment vehicle without the need to house anyone at all.
Recent academic analysis of the problem in Kensington and Chelsea shows that, in terms of property value, three-quarters of properties bought by overseas buyers in the borough are owned by entities registered in the British Virgin Islands, Jersey and Guernsey. This may indicate that it is the use of offshore vehicles for tax avoidance by UK residents, rather than London falling into the grips of Russian or Chinese billionaires, that the government needs to tackle.
Will McMahon
Director, Action on Empty Homes
Surprise figures from Halifax yet to be reflected in official house price index from ONS
House prices leapt unexpectedly in December, rising by 1.5% from the previous month to push the annual increase to 4%, according to Halifax data.
Combined with November’s rise of 1.2% month on month, the Halifax index recorded a 2.9% gain across the last two months of 2019, the strongest result since February 2018.
Continue reading...Residential sales and letting agent, Mansons in the North East, shares its checklist of cost cutting tips to help reduce energy and maintenance costs As a tenant, you have far less control over implementing money-saving measures in your home than the average homeowner but that doesn’t mean that the amount you spend is already set […]
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