Expert Property Advice Since 2017

Steve Lumley

Steve Lumley has years of experience writing about property. His output has covered everything from property investment, news for landlords and student tenants to articles on how to run a successful portfolio and starting out as a property investor. He has also written several books on the subject.
How To Add Value To Your Home On A Budget

How To Add Value To Your Home On A Budget

If you want to add value to your home on a budget and make it more desirable to potential buyers, then there are some improvements...

How to leave a property to someone in a will UK

Leaving Your Property To Someone In Your Will In The UK Explained

If you want to leave a property to someone in your will in the UK, the situation is fairly straightforward. Taking care of the people...

How to choose a conveyancing solicitor

6 Steps To Take Before Choosing A Conveyancing Solicitor

Engaging a solicitor is part of the process of buying a home for the majority of people. So knowing how to choose a conveyancing solicitor...

Best online letting agents for landlords

Tips For Landlords – Finding The Best Letting Agents For Your Portfolio

Being a landlord can be stressful, especially if you have more than one tenant. Using a letting agent can take some of the stress off...

How to find the best high street estate agents

Finding The Best High Street Estate Agent To Sell Your Home Successfully

When it comes to selling your home, understanding how to find the best high street estate agents will be a crucial factor. Based on our...

Online Estate Agents Struggling For Market Share

Online Estate Agents ‘Still Struggling’ To Gain Market Share

Despite the prospect of saving a substantial sum of money, home sellers are still not too enthusiastic about online estate agents, a report reveals. In...

Landlords Right To Rent Scheme Compliance

Buy To Let Landlords Are ‘Unprepared For Brexit’

The government has been accused of failing to prepare the country’s buy to let landlords for the impact of Brexit, one leading landlord organisation warns....

Landlords Using Accountants

Landlords Increasingly Depend On Accountants For Key Decisions

Landlords in the UK are increasingly depending on accountants for helping them to make key decisions in the buy to let sector, it has been...

Buyers Shun UK Property Market

House Buyers Shun The UK Market

Homebuyers in the UK are shunning the property market with demand falling to a six-year low, one survey reveals. According to the National Association of...

Right To Buy Scheme Profits

Right To Buy Delivered £6.4bn Profit Since 2000

Tenants who bought their council homes using the controversial Right to Buy scheme racked up £6.4 billion in resale profits, an investigation has found. The...

Labour Unveils Indefinite Tenancies Plan

Labour Unveils ‘Indefinite Tenancies’ Plan

Labour has unveiled plans that would see indefinite tenancies being introduced should they be returned to government. John Healey, the shadow housing secretary, says the...

Are Letting Agents Regulated?

Are Letting Agents Regulated?

For landlords and property investors, one of the big attractions for running their property professionally is to utilise the services of an agent, but are...

Selling A Property To A Family Member At Below Market Value

What You Need To Know About Selling Your Home To Family For Less Than Market Value

There are many reasons why someone will consider selling a property to a family member at below market value – but this kind act can...

Should You Convert Your Garage Into Living Space?

Should I Convert My Garage Into Living Space?

While you may love your home, you may be strapped for space and while an extension may be unaffordable there’s the potential of converting your...

Estate Agent Dual Fees

Ombudsman To Issue Guidance Over Agents’ Dual Fees

With growing numbers of home sellers complaining to The Property Ombudsman (TPO) over dual fees means there will be new guidance issued to estate agents...

Modular Housing Revolution

Could We Be On The Brink Of A Modular House Building Revolution?

News that Birmingham is to build their first council-built modular houses has been warmly welcomed and could point to a solution to the current housing...

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