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The leasehold ticking timebomb that can wipe almost £200,000 off your home's value

The latest market insight from House Buyer Bureau has revealed how a short lease can slash the value of a property by almost £200,000, whilst also making it significantly harder to sell due to reduced mortgage availability and a shrinking pool of potential buyers.

House Buyer Bureau analysed current listings of properties held on a lease with fewer than 80 years remaining, comparing average...

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What Happens To Buy-To-Let Investments During Divorce?

Divorce affects more than just a marriage. It can reshape a person's entire financial position, and for those who own rental property, the stakes are particularly high. Buy-to-let investments often represent significant capital, and when a relationship breaks down, questions about what happens to those assets can quickly become complicated.

Unlike a family home, a buy-to-let property...

Rightmove founder Harry Hill joins VetsCompared

Harry Hill, one of the UK's most influential property entrepreneurs and the founder of Rightmove, has joined VetsCompared as Chairman as the business looks to accelerate transparency, innovation and digital transformation across the veterinary sector.

Hill is best known for launching Rightmove in 2000 and serving as Chairman during its formative years, helping transform the way...

Fear of a chain-breaks the biggest reason homeowners turning to quick sale

The latest insight from quick sale specialists, House Buyer Bureau , has found that the most common reason homeowners choose a quick sale is no longer financial hardship, ill health, or the death of a loved one, but the desire to keep their onward move on track in an increasingly uncertain housing market.

The internal data from House Buyer Bureau analysed the reason cited by home...

Contactum Combines Compact Design with Full SPD Protection

Contactum are set to introduce their latest addition to circuit protection: the new Type 2 Compact Surge Protection Device (SPD) range, designed specifically for use with Defender 2.0 consumer units and Defender B Boards.

Developed to meet the evolving demands of modern electrical installations, the Compact SPD range delivers high-performance protection against transient overvoltages...

Experts warn 7 ways UK heatwaves are making your home look run-down

From scorched lawns to faded paintwork, exterior experts say Britain's hotter summers are changing how homes age

Britain's homes and gardens were never really designed for prolonged 30°C heat, but as heatwaves become more frequent, experts say the way we maintain our homes will need to evolve too.

With heatwaves now becoming a thing for UK summers, scorching...

Family sold their house in Provence and bought it back with 28 other families

A house filled with vacation memories over three generations has become part of a modern concept of shared ownership. For the Wright family, this became the solution that made it possible to keep their second home in Provence.

For more than 20 years, a house in Provence has been the backdrop for vacations for three generations of the Wright family. The house has been used extensively...

England home to £1.8bn worth of mixed-use property opportunities as market begins to recover

The latest research by specialist property finance lender, West One Loans, has found that there are currently almost £1.8bn worth of mixed-use property opportunities available across England, presenting a significant pipeline of potential acquisitions for commercial investors, with the market showing signs of recovery after a subdued period.

West One Loans analysed current mixed-use...

The six hidden issues that could make your home unmortgageable

The latest market insight from House Buyer Bureau has revealed six common issues that could see a homeowner's property deemed unmortgageable by lenders, drastically reducing the pool of potential buyers and making it far harder to sell on the open market.

House Buyer Bureau analysed some of the most common reasons properties fail lender criteria, alongside the potential impact these...

The Delivery Costs Nobody Warns You About When Renovating a Home

You budget for the kitchen. You budget for the builder, the tiles, the new bathroom suite, maybe a contingency for the surprise that always turns up once the walls come down. What most people forget is the cost of getting all of it to the door.

Delivery is the quiet line item in every renovation. It rarely appears in the glossy quotes, yet it can run into hundreds of pounds across a...

Agents adopt different operating model and 'fall back in love' with selling homes

Estate agency Glad Stones iad says it is already seeing stronger financial returns after transitioning to a new operating structure designed to reduce the overhead burden traditionally associated with running an independent agency.

The Plymouth-based business joined iad UK in December 2025 while retaining its existing local identity and high street presence, moving into a self-...

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