Latest Property Advice

• Get real on house prices if you want to sell, RICS warns over optimistic home sellers
  

  Published 10th Jan 2012

  Home owners have been warned that they must price realistically if they want to sell, as the supply of properties put up for sale outstrips potential buyers

• House prices in 2012 – expert predictions
  

  Published 23rd Dec 2011

  With less than a fortnight of 2011 to go, conversation at the UK's dinner tables may already be turning to the future direction of house prices in 2012

• House prices set for 2012 fall as euro risk weighs
  

  Published 21st Dec 2011

  House prices will fall modestly next year, but that could prove optimistic should the euro zone sovereign debt crisis worsen significantly, a Reuters poll of analysts found

• Why December is the best month to rent a new home
  

  Published 19th Dec 2011

  December is the optimum time for renters to find a new property according to research, as the festive period creates a market slowdown which pushes down prices

• HMRC target buy-to-let landlords as it launches five specialist teams to combat tax evasion
  

  Published 30th Nov 2011

  A new taskforce to combat tax evasion by landlords was announced today by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

• Third of private rental homes 'have safety hazards' - English Housing Survey
  

  Published 29th Nov 2011

  Nearly a third of properties in the private rented sector contain major safety hazards, according to data contained in a government survey of UK housing stock

• Court rules on property rights for unmarried couples
  

  Published 09th Nov 2011

  The property rights of millions of unmarried couples who split up have been clarified by a supreme court judgment that has awarded the overwhelming share of a bungalow in Essex to the woman