Industry News - Residential Property Law - London house prices see December increase

12/03/2010
Stonemason companies urged to adhere to personal injury employment law
Stonework companies in the London area have been urged to ensure they have appropriate health and safety measures in place to prevent personal injury in the workplace.

12/03/2010
Tribunal makes ruling on holiday leave pay
An employment tribunal has made a ruling which experts believe could open the floodgates for more claims from employees.

11/03/2010
Farmer's amended will overturned by judge's decision
A judge has made a ruling that will see the second will drawn up by an elderly farmer overturned in favour of an earlier document.

11/03/2010
Police female recruitment drive 'is discriminating against men'
A police drive to recruit more women could have a discriminatory effect on men, it has been claimed.

11/03/2010
Men 'are more likely to become insolvent than women'
New figures have revealed that men are more likely to require the use of an insolvency lawyer than women.

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01/02/2010
London house prices see December increase

Values for residential properties in London have seen an increase in December 2009 as part of a nationwide trend towards higher house prices.

New figures from the Land Registry reveal that the average cost of a home in London during the final month of last year was £324,352, an increase of 1.5 per cent on November 2009.

This also represented a 6.1 per cent increase on December 2008, the largest annual price change in the country during a month which saw average national property values rise by 2.5 per cent year-on-year.

The Land Registry report also unveiled figures on housing sales for last October, which showed that the number of people completing deals via a property lawyer has also increased compared to 2008.

Last week, property services website iammoving.com predicted that recent trends towards rising house prices would not lead to a repeat of the "dramatic increases" in the last decade.

Written by Pauline Adams ADNFCR-1805-ID-19588930-ADNFCR

09/03/2010
More people used a conveyancing lawyer last month, report finds
More people sought the advice of a property lawyer with a view to buying a house in February 2010 than was the case in the previous month.

09/03/2010
2010 'will be a good year for landlords'
This year could be a good time to seek a conveyancing lawyer with a view to purchasing a buy-to-let property.

22/02/2010
Evictions fall as landlords sympathise with good tenants
The number of evictions from rented properties is falling as landlords seek to retain good clients and sympathise when they are in financial difficulties.

19/02/2010
January's mortgage lending figures 'affected by stamp duty holiday'
January's downturn in mortgage lending is not necessarily a sign that the residential property market is slowing again, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

17/02/2010
Conveyancing experts predict more mortgages in 2010
Experts in the field of conveyancing believe there will be an increase in mortgage activity during the first quarter of 2010.

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