Property experts have identified a slew of items that, while common in many British households, could drastically affect the value of the house when it is on the market Rory Gannon Showbiz Journalist 13:03, 20 Nov 2025 A property expert has given tips on how to improve the value of your house(Image: In Pictures via
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Château, Clamecy, €680,000 What An 18th-century château with seven bedrooms and 5 hectares of grounds. Outbuildings include a 19th-century caretaker’s lodge and a farmhouse with stable and cow shed. Where Located in the Nièvre near
McBeath Property Consultancy Limited has welcomed Tom Grimshaw to the role. The firm has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial property sector and will benefit from Mr Grimshaw’s background in commercial agency and consultancy. Andrew McBeath, founder of the company, said: “We are delighted to have Tom on board. “He brings a
Following what feels like an eternity of speculation, chancellor Rachel Reeves will reveal her cunning plan to fix the nation’s finances next Wednesday. Property will, as always, play a prominent role. Below, we run through some of the potential changes to tax and spending for the sector, and contemplate the potential winners and losers. The
‘I’m alive and I carry on’published at 09:42 GMT 09:42 GMT Laurence CawleyBBC News Image caption, In the same month he handed over his keys to the bailiffs, the BBC saw a similar three-bedroom property in the same Thetford street as Mr Da Costa Diogo’s on the market As we mentioned in an earlier post,
The Peter McVerry Trust has written down the value of its €162 million property portfolio by €23 million, after uncovering major flaws in its financial accounts. Two years after crisis struck the housing and homeless charity, it is only now in a position to send overdue financial accounts for 2023 to regulators and the Dáil
“Complex” issues around constitutional property rights could complicate Government plans that would allow for the removal of domestic abusers from family homes in high-risk cases. The Department of Justice is considering legislating for powerful removal orders, which would place the burden of leaving the family home on the perpetrators of domestic violence rather than on
Landlords and letting agents were conspicuous by their absence from the announcement of the ‘roadmap’ for the Renters’ Rights Act late last week. The press release said a “Countdown begins for the biggest increase to tenants’ rights in a generation”. “In just under six months, private renters will no longer face being served with a
Network Rail has set up a new property development company to develop brownfield railway land and to be at the forefront of regeneration projects across Network Rail’s estate. Over the next ten years, the new company, Platform4, which was created by merging London & Continental Railways Ltd with Network Rail’s property development business, aims to
Steve Reed, who is in charge of Housing for the government, said their plan was about tackling landlords who don’t behave properly. “We’re now on a countdown of just months to that law coming in – so good landlords can get ready and bad landlords should clean up their act,” he said. Many renters’ groups