Latest Property Advice

• Homeowners warned to be vigilant as identity and registration fraud rises
  

  Published 12th Oct 2010

  Property owners have been the target of an increasing number of identity and registration frauds this year, prompting Land Registry to team up with the Law Society for the first time to warn consumers

• They've even taken the #?x!@x lawn! Now house sellers really are stripping their homes bare before handing over the keys
  

  Published 11th Oct 2010

  The carpets are ripped up, switches torn from walls and there are no light fittings, let alone light bulbs

• Beware the high cost of low mortgage rates
  

  Published 06th Oct 2010

  Many low interest rate mortgages are rendered useless by high fees

• Rise in scams adds to problems for tenants
  

  Published 04th Oct 2010

  It can be difficult enough dealing with unscrupulous landlords

• Small business rates relief up for grabs
  

  Published 29th Sep 2010

  Tens of thousands of small companies risk losing rates relief worth £200m because they are in danger of missing the end of month deadline for submitting claims say business organisations

• Don't meddle with our right to buy a home
  

  Published 25th Sep 2010

  Tighter rules on mortgages will take ownership out of the reach of millions, says Jeremy Warner

• New-build homeowners struggle to move services
  

  Published 24th Sep 2010

  Tens of thousands of people who moved into newly built homes last year suffered problems ordering goods or arranging utility services, according to a Royal Mail study