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…partly due to a shortage of homes for sale according to today’s news reports. Surveyors sold an average of 23 homes during the three months to March - the highest number since February 2008, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). All areas except Wales, where the level…

Barclays has settled a case accusing it of mis-selling a financial product linked to Libor - the interest rate the bank attempted to manipulate. The bank sold Graiseley, which owns Guardian Care Homes, an interest rate swap linked to the Libor interest rate. Graiseley argued the deal was invalid because…

Manchester based commercial property lawyers Abacus Solicitors has successfully completed yet another high value acquisition on behalf of its specialist property client Western UK Property Group - only a month after the group bought in the £7.2m student development site in Acton London. WUKPG specialises in the acquisition of both…

More than ever it is becoming difficult to collect rents from tenants and an increase in evictions points to the market being as difficult as ever. All too often there is a story in the paper of someone’s plight in being evicted from their rented home, but in most cases…

Ministers have announced new regulations in an attempt to protect consumers buying into the booming cosmetic surgery industry – an industry fraught with horror stories of botched treatments and accused of selling everything from surgery to Botox “like double glazing”. Ministers in England said the industry had to change and have announced the…

Writer: Eve Saunders, 4th February 2014 Manchester based commercial property lawyers, Abacus Solicitors has today successfully completed the £7.2m acquisition of a student development site in Acton London on behalf of its client, Western UK Property Group. Western UK Property Group, founded by Oliver Lipson, specialises in the acquisition of…

BBC news has reported this morning a dramatic increase in the popularity of plastic surgery in the UK. According to figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps), the number of nose jobs, face lifts and breast implant operations all soared by more than 10% last year, with…

It’s been reported that more than 400 people a day are filing complaints about paid-for bank accounts which may have been widely mis-sold (official figures indicate.) These “packaged” current accounts, which cost up to £300 a year for perks such as car and travel insurance policies, are attracting almost triple…

The number of buyers competing for every property which comes onto the market is on the rise, according to a recent report by Countrywide. There are nearly ten potential buyers for every property on the market, research has found, with the number chasing every home continuing to rise. There was…

A workman who fell through the roof of an industrial unit has died, it was reported today. The 42-year-old was one of two men seriously injured when they plunged 25ft from the same roof in Stockport, during separate incidents on Tuesday. They were both taken to Wythenshawe Hospital and treated…