Articles by ‘Paul Daniels’

Investment in the UK commercial property sector totalled £20.5 billion in the final quarter of 2014, 26 per cent up on the previous quarter and the highest quarterly performance on record, according to a new report.

Mortgage lenders have urged the Government to find a replacement for the help-to-buy scheme before it comes to an end next year.

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (’CDM Regulations’) 2015 came into force on 6 April this year. Transitional arrangements allow existing CDM Co-ordinators appointed under the CDM Regulations 2007 to continue in that role until 6 October 2015, but for any new project (and any existing project from 6 October onwards) a ‘Principal Designer’ must be appointed in place of the CDM Co-ordinator. Property and construction documents should be updated to reference both the new role of ‘Principal Designer’ and the ‘CDM Regulations 2015’.

A new law banning so-called “revenge evictions” was passed by the House of Lords earlier this month. The new rules, introduced as part of the Deregulation Bill, will render an eviction invalid if a…

A solicitor specialising in property disputes has joined our Oxford office as an associate. Tim Reid, who studied at Oxford Brookes University and lives in Banbury, joins Withy King from Brethertons. As an accredited…

London is set to continue leading the way on commercial property rental growth in 2015, according to an industry expert.

Investment in central London’s commercial property market has reached its highest level since before the financial crash.

The number of first-time buyers in the UK has hit a seven year high.

Overseas investors have for the first time overtaken UK institutions to become the largest owners of UK commercial property, new data has revealed.

Radical reforms of stamp duty, announced earlier this month, triggered a surge in high-end property deals.

The property team at law firm Withy King has played an active role in the development of an award-winning, mixed-use development by Havard Estates in a prime seafront location in Torquay, Devon. Withy King…

The UK commercial property market may achieve returns of over 20% in 2014, making it the strongest return the country has seen in the last 25 years, according to new research.