What will the property ladder look like in 2026?
Many home buyers in the UK ultimately want to move up the property ladder and to purchase their dream house at
Important details from the National Will Report 2025
The National Wills Report is an annual evaluation carried out by the National Will Register aiming to capture the current trends and attitudes towards Wills in the UK, and the 2025 edition of the report has
Survey reveals 2025 UK Wills statistics
An annual survey has just been published that gives a snapshot of the attitudes towards Will making in
What happens if a buyer or seller goes bankrupt before completion?
While the exchange of contract makes a property transaction legally binding, a house sale isn’t guaranteed until the day of completion. While the time between exchange is typically 28 days or less, matters can sometimes go wrong between these key stages in
What’s the difference between exchange and completion?
The last two steps to get past in the home buying process involve exchange and completion. After the exchange, the property purchase is
What’s the process of buying a house under a shared ownership scheme?
Many first-time buyers in the UK in 2025 choose to obtain their first home using the
What’s the difference between power of attorney and executor of a Will?
In estate planning, two key legal roles exist with clearly defined responsibilities, a power of attorney and the executor of
New attitudes to intestacy rules in 2025
It is now generally recognised that unmarried couples do not have automatic rights to each other’s estate when one of them dies. However, polls carried out in
Stats highlight surge of male victims in domestic abuse cases
Although it is generally known that men can be victims of domestic abuse, recent statistics have revealed the shocking growth of
The role of undue influence in Wills cases
Previous examples of case studies used by Wills solicitors in North Wakes to demonstrate the insidious effect of