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Buy-to-let mortgages: Everything you need to know

Jennifer Smith
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If your looking to buy-to-let, then this article is for you. Members of our Conveyancing, Tax and Dispute teams have outlined everything you need to know about buy-to-let mortgages.

Contacting your freeholder for a Deed of Variation

Hannah Faith
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Hannah Faith outlines how to write a deed of variation letter and contact your freeholder. She then discusses what to be cautious of in the freeholders offer and provides the steps involved in variation.

Buying the Freehold and the Right of First Refusal

Niki Adkins
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Niki Adkins discusses the role of the Right of First Refusal (ROFR) when a landlord sells their freehold. Anne considers what he ROFR means for leaseholders and what options they have.

Buying and selling a Beach Hut - Q&A

Richard Ramshaw
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With the popularity of the 'staycation' rising, beach huts have inevitably become more sought after. Fiona Knight answers your questions on buying and selling a beach hut.

Back to basics: Lease Extensions

Niki Adkins
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In this article, Niki Adkins provides a ‘back to basics’ look at lease extensions.

Anne outlines what a lease extension is, when you might need one and how much one costs.

Back to basics: Leases

Niki Adkins
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In this article, Leasehold Property Specialist Niki Adkins gives a 'back to basics' overview of leases. Niki outlines what a lease is and explains the key differences between short and long leases.

Can flat-owners modernise or update their leases if they own their freehold?

Niki Adkins
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Leasehold Property Associate Niki Adkins looks at whether co-freeholders can modernise or update their leases. Niki discusses the benefits of lease moderniation and the steps involved in doing so.

The importance of having a suitable AST (Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement)

Anna Curtis
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Property Litigation specialist lawyer, Anna Curtis, provides advice on why a suitable AST is required to be provided by the landlord at the start of the tenancy; discussing what this has meant for landlords and tenants.

A guide to stamp duty for First Time Buyers

Julia Gaunt
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Do first time buyers pay stamp duty? How much is stamp duty for first time buyers? Julia Gaunt looks at stamp duty first time buyers and whether first time buyers pay stamp duty.

Getting your commercial property ready for sale - a checklist

Oonagh McKinney
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There are some real advantages to putting in hand steps to prepare your property for sale even before it is put on the market. Commercial Property Partner Oonagh McKinney outlines some steps that can be taken to prepare your commercial property for sale.

The interim Part L uplift - Here's what you need to know

Hannah Martin
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Commercial Property Solicitor Hannah Martin looks at the upcoming interim Part L uplift, which intends to increase the energy efficiency standards. Hannah outlines when the uplift comes into force and details how to prepare for the changes.

Property Litigation Q&A: Residential lettings - Where are we now?

Anna Curtis
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Property Litigation specialist lawyer, Anna Curtis, provides an update on how residential lettings have been impacted by the pandemic; what this has meant for landlords and tenants; and how this will evolve over the next few months.

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