Articles in Interest

Estates Gazette: Tenants owed £65m pa in interest

14.02.09

Landlords and managing agents could be holding on to as much as £65m a year in interest from service charges on offices when they should be handing it back to tenants.

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Estates Gazette: Tenants - Easier to pluck than serve

14.11.06

Property advisors instinctively regards landlords as customers - and tenants (after the lease is signed) as no more than a damned nuisance for the semi-incompetent property management department to exploit and keep warm until the next deal comes along.

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Estates Gazette: Office landlords cash in on service charge interest.

14.11.06

Landlords are hoarding millions of pound in interest from payments for commercial service charges, despite new rules coming into force to ban the practice.

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Property Week: Professional advice - Service charges

28.07.06

This week, professional advice on service charges.

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Estates Gazette: Practice and Law - Best practice decoded

01.07.06

On the eve of his RICS presidency, Graham Chase talks to Stephen Rowe, and sets the scene for the accompanying articles on service charges, the lease code and arbitration.

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Property Week: Tribunal blasts agents for "inappropriate" management

17.06.05

Reports on the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal's findings on a 3 year service charge dispute

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Property Week: Battle Charges

20.05.05

Reports on the new cross-industry committee set up to resolve occupiers problems with service charges

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Property Week: 'A highly charged battle'

08.04.05

The leasehold valuation tribunal is about to rule on a dispute between Mayfair residents and a managing agent over claims of overcharging.

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