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104 Raws in property law
· 4 expert responses
Why has there been a rise in inheritance battles and disputes between family members
I'm looking for some inheritance/legal experts for a story on why there has been a rise in inheritance battles and disputes between family members in recent years. Questions for Newspagers Has there been a significant…
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- wealth manager
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- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- personal tax
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- savings
- accounting
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- corporation tax
- property law
- wills
- Meme coins
- Brand management
- tax avoidance
- financial scams
- IHT
- Business insurance
- FCA
- pensioners
- mortgage network
- silver
- Ethical Investing
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- probate
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- trading
- Consumer Duty
- Anti-money laundering
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- Options
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- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- welfare
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- AML
- benefits
- CMA
- human rights
- international law
- jet finance
- luxury asset-backed lending
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- car finance
- Lombard loans
· 5 expert responses
Working from home: can your landlord charge you more?
Renters on online forums, including Reddit, are reporting landlords asking for higher rent or a bigger share of the bills because they work from home, while some landlords are openly discussing adding a fee for tenants…
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- consumer rights
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- property finance
- commercial property
- development finance
- landlords
- rental market
- scrapstampduty
- property management
- property law
- holiday lets
- property porn
- bank issues
- planning
- rip-off landlords
- commercial office space
- consumer scams
- office working
- surveying
- hacked
- buy-to-let
- fraud
- WFH
- office leasing
- office space
- rip-offs
- holiday nightmares
- office rentals
- Property118
· 13 expert responses
Financial advice for women going through divorce: what are the decisions that matter most?
We’re building a story offering practical advice for women going through divorce, to help them make the right financial decisions at one of the most stressful times of their lives. Divorce often means splitting a home,…
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- Consumer Duty
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- Anti-money laundering
- metals
- Bad Banking
- commercial law
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- Estate Planning
- family law
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- HMRC
- invoice finance
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- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- TEST
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- benefits
- CMA
- human rights
- international law
- ISAs
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- child trust funds
· 5 expert responses
Source: Mark Alexander, Property118.com
L&G’s reported two-year landlord licensing gap: could tenants really reclaim £15m?
BREAKING NEWS L&G could be facing civil penalties and rent repayment orders of up to £15million on just one of their many build-to-rent developments. I completed a Deep Dive into what is known so far here:…
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- local authorities
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- commercial property
- development finance
- landlords
- rental market
- scrapstampduty
- property management
- property law
- holiday lets
- property porn
- business rates
- planning
- rip-off landlords
- commercial office space
- council fails
- office working
- surveying
- office leasing
- office space
- council workers
- office rentals
- Property118
- pot holes
· 3 expert responses
Source: Tony Sanchez, Bridging Loan Directory
Could standard Section 106 agreements genuinely speed up SME housing developments?
The government is consulting on four standard Section 106 templates for housing developments of 10–49 homes in England: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standard-planning-agreements-for-medium-sized-sites The…
· 3 expert responses
Source: Mark Alexander, Property118.com
Mortgage brokers: which lenders understand beneficial interest transfers?
Property118 would like to hear from mortgage brokers with practical experience of lenders dealing with transfers of beneficial interest. Where legal title remains unchanged, so does the lender’s registered legal charge.…
· 4 expert responses
Landlord incorporation - are advisers at risk?
Keen to get your views on this post by Mark Alexander, founder of landlord community and news hub, Property118 on properties that were refinanced at incorporation. It claims affected landlords could be facing Capital…
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- Financial Advice
- expat mortgages
- wealth management
- foreign national mortgages
- wealth manager
- IFA
- personal tax
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- accounting
- corporation tax
- property law
- Brand management
- tax avoidance
- IHT
- tax evasion
- commercial law
- family law
- divorce law
- Reputation management
- Fake reviews
- criminal law
- patent law
- CMA
- human rights
- international law
· 4 expert responses
Source: Tony Sanchez, Bridging Loan Directory
What nearly derailed your latest auction property purchase?
Bridging Loan Directory is examining what causes auction property purchases to come under pressure between the winning bid and the completion deadline. We would like to hear from brokers, lenders, solicitors, valuers,…
· 5 expert responses
Source: Tony Sanchez, Bridging Loan Directory
How are landlords financing properties mainstream lenders won’t accept?
Bridging Loan Directory is looking at how landlords finance properties that are not initially acceptable to mainstream mortgage lenders. We would like to hear from brokers, lenders, landlords and other property…
· 6 expert responses
Source: Tony Sanchez, Bridging Loan Directory
What property valuation issue changed or delayed your finance application?
Bridging Loan Directory is examining how property valuations can change, delay or prevent finance transactions. We would like to hear from brokers, lenders, valuers, landlords, developers and borrowers with recent…
· 3 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Pay this worker £123.25 for one sick day. Pay this one £24.65. Both are correct.
Pubs, shops and hotels are carrying the biggest bill from the sick pay reforms, and the official guidance they're using to work it out doesn't apply to half their staff. Since 6 April 2026 Statutory Sick Pay is the…
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- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- property law
- small retailer
- start-up
- Brand management
- independent retailer
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- Retail economics
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- boarded up high streets
- commercial law
- corporate events
- family law
- Fractional service provider
- divorce law
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- Parental leave
- Reputation management
- Fake reviews
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- fundraising
- patent law
- Paternity leave
- beauty spots
- CMA
- donations
- hotels
- human rights
- international law
- Maternity leave
- poor service
- third sector
- Butcher
- catering
- events gone wrong
- nightmare holidays
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
· 3 expert responses
VAT and PAYE by DD
The government is consulting on making Direct Debit the required method of paying VAT and PAYE, subject to any necessary exceptions. It may even levy penalties where a payment is not made by Direct Debit (and the payer…
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- mortgages
- entrepreneurship
- management
- insurance
- law
- tax
- independent business
- independent business
- crypto
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- headhunting
- Networks
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- small business
- wealth management
- life insurance
- Business finance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- personal tax
- SME finance
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- accountancy
- business tips
- savings
- accounting
- accounting
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- corporation tax
- property law
- wills
- Meme coins
- start-up
- Brand management
- tax avoidance
- financial scams
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- IHT
- Business insurance
- business wellbeing
- FCA
- pensioners
- mortgage network
- purpose-led business
- silver
- Ethical Investing
- financial crime
- probate
- tax evasion
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- metals
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- commercial law
- derivatives
- Estate Planning
- family law
- Fractional service provider
- Risk management
- CFDs
- divorce law
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- HMRC
- Reputation management
- Fake reviews
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- Trusts
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- patent law
- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- welfare
- AML
- benefits
- CMA
- human rights
- international law
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- payin30days
· 3 expert responses
Legal Power of Attorney: Is it fit for purpose?
A Newspager says, despite being Legal Power of Attorney to her mother, doctors have refused her access to her medical records. Her mother is in hospital with stage 4 breast cancer and is on high levels of medication,…
· 5 expert responses
Will history repeat? Britain’s housing market is rhyming with 1989
In 1988, a tax deadline lit a fire under the housing market. Nigel Lawson gave four months' notice that "double MIRAS" mortgage tax relief would end that August, and buyers, couples, even pairs of friends, rushed to…
· 8 expert responses
The fraud that can sell your house from under you
Property and identity fraud is quietly becoming one of the biggest risks a homeowner faces, and most people have no idea it exists until it is too late. The pattern is chilling. Fraudsters steal an owner's identity,…
- property
- mortgages
- House prices
- Housing market
- Housing market
- residential property
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- foreign national mortgages
- landlords
- rental market
- property management
- property law
- holiday lets
- property porn
- planning
- rip-off landlords
- commercial office space
- office working
- surveying
- fraud
- office leasing
- office space
- office rentals
· 10 expert responses
How to fix a broken property market
What things are broken in the UK property market and how would you fix them?
- property
- mortgages
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- residential property
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- foreign national mortgages
- landlords
- rental market
- property management
- property law
- holiday lets
- property porn
- property porn
- planning
- rip-off landlords
- commercial office space
- office working
- surveying
- office leasing
- office space
- office rentals
· 6 expert responses
Overvaluations
The issue of estate agent overvaluations is constantly being raised by Newspagers operating in the mortgage and property sectors. Do you think overvaluations are getting more common in 2026 and, if so, why? How much of…
- property
- mortgages
- House prices
- House prices
- Housing market
- Housing market
- residential property
- residential property
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- foreign national mortgages
- landlords
- rental market
- property management
- property law
- holiday lets
- property porn
- planning
- rip-off landlords
- commercial office space
- office working
- surveying
- office leasing
- office space
- office rentals
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Last Orders: A Green MP Asked About The Booze. Westminster Laughed In Her Face.
Stand up in your own workplace and ask why the senior team are drinking between big decisions, and you'd expect, at the very least, a polite answer. Hannah Spencer tried it in hers. They laughed at her. The Green MP…
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- environment
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- independent business
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- crypto
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- recruitment
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- local authorities
- Alcohol
- headhunting
- maritime
- Networks
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- wealth management
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- SME finance
- jobs market
- savings
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property law
- wills
- Meme coins
- Brand management
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- corporate governance
- Business insurance
- business wellbeing
- FCA
- pensioners
- UK politics
- business rates
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- silver
- employment law
- Ethical Investing
- financial crime
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- job hunting
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- Geopolitics
- metals
- social enterprise
- underpaid jobs
- Bad Banking
- commercial law
- council fails
- derivatives
- Estate Planning
- family law
- Fractional service provider
- Risk management
- bad job ads
- CFDs
- climate change
- divorce law
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- HMRC
- Parental leave
- Reputation management
- working wage
- Alcoholic beverages
- decarbonisation
- Fake reviews
- Grants
- International politics
- job ads
- Options
- risk
- Trusts
- WFH
- criminal law
- Labour Party
- patent law
- Paternity leave
- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- welfare
- yachts
- AML
- benefits
- boats
- CMA
- Conservative Party
- council workers
- European politics
- fishing
- human rights
- international law
- Maternity leave
- pawnbroker
- politicians
- recycling
- sailing
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- confrontations
- Liberal Democrats
- Marxism
- politicians spotted
- powerboats
- real ale
- sewage
- upcycling
- vodka
- whisky
- gin
- jet skis
- lager
- pot holes
· 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Meta US staff put up secret posters in bathroom cubicals protesting about intrusive AI "bossware"
Reuters reports it has seen materials asking " Don't want to work at the Employee Data Extraction Factory? " as a follow up to a report published on 21 April that Meta were to start capturing employee mouse movements,…
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- headhunting
- whistleblowing
- science
- small business
- AI
- Business finance
- SME finance
- mental health
- business tips
- psychology
- mental wellbeing
- property law
- start-up
- Brand management
- workplace culture
- bad business
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- business blunders
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- healthy living
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- stress
- broken society
- commercial law
- culture
- family law
- Fractional service provider
- neuroscience
- big business bullying tactics
- corporate scandals
- divorce law
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- Parental leave
- psychoanalysis
- Reputation management
- Fake reviews
- hypnotherapy
- burnout
- council cock-ups
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- late payments
- patent law
- Paternity leave
- physics
- social norms
- astrophysics
- biology
- CMA
- criminal activity
- human rights
- insomnia
- international law
- Maternity leave
- scientific research
- tip-offs
- chemistry
- culture wars
- meditation
- philosophy
- political sociology
- sociology
- payin30days
- round-robins
· 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Digital ID legislation arrives before the People's Panel finishes. What does the evidence say about cost, security and scope?
Today's King's Speech included the Digital Access to Services Bill , giving the government legal powers to create, issue and verify a national digital ID through the GOV.UK app. “My Ministers will also proceed with the…
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- independent business
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- local authorities
- society
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- NHS
- AI
- AI
- Business finance
- personal tax
- SME finance
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- accounting
- cyber security
- machine learning
- corporation tax
- OpenAI
- property law
- Brand management
- tax avoidance
- Banking technology
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- IHT
- business wellbeing
- digital privacy
- software
- UK politics
- bank issues
- business rates
- purpose-led business
- hacking
- tax evasion
- online privacy
- community interest company
- Geopolitics
- social enterprise
- Big Data
- broken society
- commercial law
- consumer scams
- council fails
- culture
- family law
- Fractional service provider
- IT support
- divorce law
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- hacked
- IT
- Reputation management
- Fake reviews
- fraud
- International politics
- Managed IT services
- Apple
- criminal law
- Labour Party
- Microsoft
- open source
- operations
- patent law
- rip-offs
- social norms
- CMA
- Conservative Party
- council workers
- European politics
- GPs
- holiday nightmares
- human rights
- international law
- mobile phones
- politicians
- confrontations
- culture wars
- dentists
- hardware
- Liberal Democrats
- Marxism
- politicians spotted
- A&E
- dental nightmares
- pot holes
- wait times
- waiting times