House Prices and the Media

David Lawrenson of private rent consultancy LettingFocus.com takes the papers to task over the way they report house prices. House prices are the subject of regular conversations all around the UK. We talk about it a lot and the government knows rising house prices makes much of the voting public “feel richer” and hence, possibly happier too and more inclined […]

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Estate Agents and Recommendations to use Conveyancing Solicitors

In this article David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com rages against estate agents who recommend incompetent solicitors. When I’m not helping out think tanks* to write reports on the private rented sector and when I’m not advising organisations and landlords about the PRS, I get to do some “landlord work” on my own portfolio! (* This is not a joke, this aspect […]

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