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Why do tenants rent the homes in which they live? Because they cannot afford to buy, suggest the results of a recent survey published on the website Property Wire on…

Cast your eyes along practically any high street in the UK, and you are likely to see a row of shops with residential flats above. Have you ever wondered how…

Are you a landlord owning several properties for rent? If so, you might want to consider the benefits of multiple property insurance. The benefits of landlord portfolio insurance It is…

If you own not one buy to let property but several, keeping track of vital insurance cover for each one might prove a problem. Landlord portfolio insurance offers a way of…

We reported last February how thousands of owners of new-build homes are being hit with unexpected costs when they go to buy the freehold (currently 1.4 million houses have been…

Members of Parliament and the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) share the view that flats above high street shops offer a huge potential in helping to solve the nation’s current…

Many properties are mixed-use. Perhaps the most common is the building – common on every high street – which has a shop downstairs and flats above. Other possibilities might include…

Did you get a new iPad or tablet for Christmas? If so, some of the first websites you are likely to have browsed were houses, television property guru Sarah Beeney…