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A legal conundrum

Published: 03/02/2012 - 12:15

WA Ellis was instructed to sell a flat in South Kensington in July last year.  The flat was held on a 44 year lease and we did our standard investigation into what premium a purchaser might expect to pay for the extended lease in the…

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Developments everywhere but nothing to buy

Published: 26/01/2012 - 16:34

The greatest problem for the top end housing market this year is going to be shortage of supply. While demand remains strong, especially from Europeans looking for a home and a hedge from the Euro, these buyers are not selling their existing…

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A register of landlords?

Published: 15/01/2012 - 11:23

In Scotland there is a functioning register of private landlords and proposals by one London borough could lead to landlords in their part of the Capital being required to register, despite the idea of a national database having been scrapped by the…

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Are central London prices just a confidence trick?

Published: 15/01/2012 - 09:30

Asking prices - whether for letting or sales stock - are all about confidence and in London vendors and landlords appear to have buckets of it despite the slow, rumbling flow of bad news from the nation’s economic volcano.


Central London is…

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Council kill-joys stop short lets during the Olympics

Published: 04/12/2011 - 00:32

Why ban short lets for the Olympics, asks Sebastian O'Kelly?

Why on earth was Westminster City Council last month sticking up posters and sending out leaflets threatening £20,000 fines for those who might be tempted to make a little money during…

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