Walking along a street, I passed a flint wall with a tree behind it. Then I did a double-take, and came back and took out my camera. Close behind the wall was a tree; the tree had been growing quietly, as trees do, and had recently got to the point where its pressure...

The conveyancing process will usually involve the input of a chartered surveyor, often carrying out a simple mortgage valuation or a more detailed report. Here are a few facts that will help the conveyancer guide their client. A Valuation is not a Survey! A...

  Ok so you or your clients need a survey and, sensibly, they know they should not rely on the mortgage valuation. It is so easy to let the client simply tick the box that ‘upgrade’ the valuation, but that tick could have massive implications for everyone...

I attended the Economic Research Council debate 'Boom, Bust or Beyond your Means? A Debate on the Future of London Housing' at Deloitte Real Estate in the City on Thursday.  I was surprised the discussion focused mainly on build-to-rent market but this could go some...

About 5 years ago I wrote a blog about the sometimes impossible task of valuing a house. Today, the exercise is even more complex. The seemingly never ending housing shortage, in combination with an apparent over supply of the wrong sort of...