by peter littlewood | Feb 9, 2024 | Leasehold
The case of a London leaseholder facing potential forfeiture of her flat due to unpaid service charges, despite her ongoing dispute over the legitimacy of those charges, has once again brought attention to the predatory tactics employed by some freeholders in the...
by peter littlewood | Feb 9, 2024 | Tax & Other Financial
Latest UK Finance figs. Number of people in arrears on their mortgage increased by 5,750 in the final three months of 2023. Total now 93,680 – up 25% over the past year. Buy-to-let mortgage arrears up by 124% year on year. Except these numbers to keep rising say AJ...
by peter littlewood | Feb 7, 2024 | Industry News
Writing in the Law Gazette, Maria Shahid, a freelance journalist gives what she says is 'the low down' It can be seen here, and starts: The low down 'Problems in the private rented sector regularly hit the headlines. Rents have soared as home ownership figures have...
by peter littlewood | Feb 7, 2024 | Industry News
the London Mayor Sadiq Khan HAS announced a further expansion of services to help rough sleepers. New figures show that more than 1,200 rough sleepers were helped into emergency accommodation through the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) in January – this is...
by peter littlewood | Feb 7, 2024 | Industry News
Uswitch reported the results of a study which found that nearly half of UK renters (47 per cent) wish broadband contracts were better suited to their needs. Just over 4.6 million households live in the private rented sector in England, representing 19 per cent of all...
