Parents Prepared to Pay a School Catchment Premium
New research by Santander Mortgages has revealed that families are prepared to spend an extra 12% for their chosen school catchment address, which amounts to an additional £26,800 on top of the average UK property price. The research also found that 24% of parents with school age children have either bought or rented a new […]
Key Family Law Protections Put at Risk by Brexit
The UK’s decision to leave the EU could put at risk many of the legal protections currently available to children involved in international family law disputes, a new report has warned. According to the report by Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), legal protections around child custody, child abduction and child maintenance could be put […]
Shared Custody Arrangements Prove Less Stressful for Children
A new study has found that shared custody arrangements between separated parents can be much less stressful for children than living full-time with one parent. It highlighted that shared custody in this case means the sharing of physical custody, where the child lives for a roughly equal time with each parent in their separate households. […]
Property Second Steppers can Face Challenges
Home owners looking to move up the property ladder face a number of different obstacles, and many believe it is harder to progress up the ladder than to get on it in the first place. This is the finding of new research by Lloyds Bank, which also revealed that more than half (52%) of those […]
Mortgage Lending Rises in June
Newly released data from trade body UK Finance has revealed a rise in mortgage lending during the month of June. The figures show that in June, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis: “June’s figures show a busy month in the mortgage market, with home movers having their highest monthly activity levels for over a year and […]
New Build Property Hotspots
New analysis has revealed which areas of Britain outside of London are home to the highest concentration of new build properties as a share of all property sales. According to the analysis, by Zoopla, Milton Keynes tops the list, with new homes accounting for over a third (33.2%) of property sales. Crewe is in second […]
Agreeing Pension Separation in Divorce
New analysis has shown that private pension wealth is the biggest component of household wealth in the UK, and has highlighted how important it is that this wealth is separated fairly in the event of divorce for the future financial well-being of both parties. The analysis by Aviva follows the latest statistical release on divorce […]
Dispute over Validity of Actor’s Prenuptial Agreement
The family of actor Alan Thicke is headed to court in a dispute over a prenuptial agreement, the LA Times has reported. Mr Thicke, who stared in the 1980’s hit series Growing Pains, died unexpectedly in December last year at the age of 69. Two of his sons, Robin and Brennan, whose mother was Alan’s […]
Residential Property Investment Hotspots
New research from Barclays has given an interesting insight into predicted investment hotspots in the residential property market by revealing the areas across the UK where house prices and rental incomes are expected to rise. According to the research, and despite an uncertain economic and political climate, the UK property market remains buoyant, with prices […]
Should Civil Partnership be Available to All Couples?
A recent poll has revealed widespread support across Britain for the idea that civil partnership should be available to all couples. According to the Equal Civil Partnership Campaign, 57% of respondents to the Populus poll supported the idea that civil partnerships should be open to both mixed-sex and same-sex couples, compared to only 20% who […]
