A property with a lease of less than 80 years is likely to achieve a lower sale price and has the risk of becoming unmortgageable. However, help is at hand … Leaseholders of flats with a long lease, have a statutory right to a new lease in substitution for their existing lease, extended by 90 [...]
Archive for February, 2012
February 29th, 2012
Lease Extensions
lheasman 
Posted in Property 
Tags: lease extensions, leaseholds, property, UK lease extensions, UK property 
No Comments » February 23rd, 2012
The benefits of using a legal advisor who specialises in low cost home ownership
You’ve found a home to buy; you’ve been accepted by a Housing Association and met their affordability criteria. The next step is to instruct a solicitor to deal with the legal side of your purchase and it really is a good idea to use a solicitor who is experienced in how Affordable Housing, such as [...]
lheasman Posted in Property Tags: affordable housing, equity loans, housing association, shared ownership No Comments » February 13th, 2012
Online trading and your business
Your business may be involved in selling goods or services to consumers via a website (including through an Ebay shop), mail order, telesales, interactive TV or text. If it is, you should have already made sure your procedures are compliant with the laws and regulations of a ‘traditional trader’ together with the additional laws that [...]
February 5th, 2012
Pre-nuptial and Post-nuptial Agreements in the UK – What You Need to Know
Pre-nuptial agreements and post-nuptial agreements both attempt to protect the parties of a marriage should the relationship later break down. Such agreements can address property, maintenance and child support or custody issues. Under English law, each type of agreement is treated differently. Pre-nuptial Agreements English law does not formally recognise pre-nuptial agreements in the same [...]
