Real Estate Law UK

“Buying a freehold” means two different purchases, and the right guide depends on which one you are making. Buying a freehold property is ordinary…

Property law has changed more in two years than in the previous twenty, and the changes land on different people differently: viral claims about…

Replacement of domestic items relief lets a landlord deduct the full cost of replacing furniture, appliances and furnishings in a let property — and…

The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 is now law in force, not a proposal to track. Since 1 May 2026 every private tenancy in England…

An interest-only mortgage is a legal structure as much as a financial one: the monthly payment covers interest alone, and the contract makes you…

Two years after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 became law, one provision is in force, the valuation reforms are not, and marriage…

A restaurant lease fails differently from an office lease: the extraction duct that cannot be installed, the use class that does not cover hot…

Your title plan does not show your legal boundary — it shows a red line on an Ordnance Survey map, drawn under the general…

A voluntary lease extension is whatever you and the freeholder agree — which is its strength and its danger. Since June 2022 the law…

Vacant possession is the seller’s promise that on completion day the property will be empty — of people, of belongings, and of anyone else’s…

New build conveyancing runs on the developer’s paperwork and the developer’s clock: a reservation fee, a 28-day exchange deadline, a contract drafted for the…

Moving home means running a sale and a purchase at the same time, usually inside a chain of other people doing the same thing…