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Those who don't have big enough incomes to raise the mortgage finance they need to buy a home are often tempted to include the name of a better-off friend or loved one on the title deeds.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) recently announced the end of the ‘golden age’ of home ownership in the UK – a major cultural shift for a country whose population expects to own properties.

Further to my article last week, we have today learned that the Court of Appeal has found in favour of landlords in the much anticipated case of "Jervis & Others v Pillar Denton and Others".

For someone who had never worked in an office let alone a law firm before, the start of my training contract was always going to be something of a culture shock.

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 enacts amendments to the Building Safety Act, expanding tribunals' powers and cost coverage for building defect remediation, effective 31 October 2024.

Following the Queen's Speech last week we have further guidance on what the future of ground rents in residential leases will look like.

There are two main types of property in England & Wales, Freehold and Leasehold. Freehold means that you own the building and land on which the building is situated.

You are not alone if you are not sure of the differences between shared equity and shared ownership.

In a painstaking judgment handed down yesterday morning, Marcus Smith J held that in the event that the United Kingdom does leave the European Union, as it is set to do on 29 March,

The current and previous governments have been increasing the transparency of property ownership during recent years, including the establishment...

Can a tenant benefit from rent suspension provisions or from the landlord's insurance policy.

We have previously drawn attention to the Scottish Law Commission's proposed reforms to the law of moveable transactions.

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 sections in relation to the Right to Manage to come into force today (3 March 2025)

The Supreme Court considered a claim based on negligent misrepresentation made in pre-contractual negotiations.

A husband and wife have served notice of an enfranchisement claim, under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, and have been served with a counter-notice.

Yesterday, Monday 7 August 2023, the Home Office announced that from the beginning of 2024, fines for illegal working and illegal renting are to be more than tripled from the current penalties...