The housing market could be back up and running in just a few weeks after the industry body for surveyors confirmed it will unveil ‘practical guidance’ to enable home valuations to restart safely. A spokeswoman for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors told This is Money that it is readying a new set of guidelines … Read more
A real tear-jerker! Family home that played a leading role in a John Lewis Christmas ad is listed for £2.8m and has an entire floor dedicated to a classroom The £2.8m family home in Surrey’s Kingston-Upon-Thames featured in John Lewis’s 2014 Christmas advert The advert showed an inseparable boy and a penguin playing hide-and-seek together … Read more
Embattled Los Angeles property tycoon Mohamed Hadid owes almost $1.2 million in back taxes on his controversial mega-mansion that a judge has ordered to be torn down, DailyMail.com can reveal. The unpaid property taxes are revealed in new court documents filed by Douglas Wilson, the receiver appointed by LA Superior Court to oversee the demolition … Read more
Investors have had an unpleasant reminder that property funds may not be the haven they had hoped for. Last Wednesday, M&G suspended trading in its Property Portfolio fund because it did not have enough ready cash to satisfy redemptions. A day later, Prudential suspended some of its own funds, which feed into the M&G fund. … Read more
Don’t judge a home by its cover! Take our quiz to see if you can match the front of the property after taking a peek inside… How many questions in our match the house and interiors quiz can you get right? Featured properties include new builds as well as historic castles Interiors include ultra-modern designs … Read more
Can I install a new bathroom in my leasehold property without risking my landlords seizing my property? Do leaseholders need to check with their freeholder if they can install a new bathroom? MailOnline’s property expert Myra Butterworth replies: While many of us are spending so much time at home during lockdown, we may be realising that … Read more
If you’re hoping to sell your property once coronavirus lockdown ends, there are some simple steps you can take to boost your chances of a speedy sale. These include some basic home improvements you can make while stuck indoors to help ‘boost saleability’, according to the estate agents body NAEA Propertymark. In particular, it highlights … Read more
What happens after you stop the property market? In an ironic twist for some house price watchers, who regularly deride its index as meaningless due to being based on asking prices, this week Rightmove declared its latest statistics on values, property coming to market and sales agreed were ‘not meaningful’. The pause button was pressed … Read more
A property developer has revealed how he took a huge risk by taking away a bedroom in a three-bedroom flat he was renovating – but reaped the rewards when it came to selling it. West London developer Ben Wilson shared details of a successful renovation of the flat in a grand terrace house in Earl’s Court, … Read more
Tenants are beginning to plan their next move in anticipation of the lockdown being eased, new data suggests. Demand for rental properties has bounced back 30 per cent in the first two weeks of April after plummeting 57 per cent, according to property website Zoopla. The drop in demand occurred in the last two weeks … Read more