Vacant Possession: Law and Practice

Vacant possession is an element of property law that ensures a property is left in good condition when it changes hands. Every time a property is sold, or if tenants move out of rented property, vacant possession is unavoidable; a vital part of the job of any property lawyer or surveyor. Yet this is the first book to look at this area in depth. If a property professional understands vacant possession they can make sure their cases move quickly and complete at a time that suits them. If they don't, they're vulnerable to others who know it better and can use the law to frustrate proceedings for months or even years while their clients continue to pay money on rent or mortgage payments for properties they're not using. This book is essential reading for all property lawyers and surveyors. It's destined to be the definitive guide to vacant possession.The FIRST book to be published on this misunderstood and vital part of property lawAll the information you need to navigate the area: clear explanations of the law, potential pitfalls AND practical strategies to help property professionals avoid those pitfallsCase studies to illustrate and explain complex legal issues

Business & Money

Shaw, Keith

Economics

Estates Gazette

Rating Valuation: Principles and Practice

Since its publication this book has become the standard for both students studying for their examinations and practitioners needing a comprehensive reference book covering rating law, valuation and, importantly, practice. This third edition brings the reader up to date with the changes for the 2010 Rating Lists. The book is well illustrated with example valuations showing both methods of valuation and also the variety of property surveyors come across in practice. The authors have extensive experience in the subject and regularly lecture on rating, valuation and taxation matters Peter Brown is Professor of Property Taxation at Liverpool John Moores University and a former David C. Lincoln Research Fellow, Lincoln Land Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Patrick Bond is Deputy Director of Rating at the Valuation Office Agency and formerly Group Valuation Officer for East Anglia when he was responsible for the preparation and maintenance of rating and council tax valuation lists throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. Visiting lecturer in Rating Valuation and Professional Practice at Cass Business School, City University. NEW to this edition: . Updated for changes resulting from the new 2010 rating lists . NEW material! Includes extended sections on Empty Property Rating and separate coverage of the law in Wales . Revised to cover all changes in rating law since the last edition in 2005 . Completely up-to-date case-law for a reliable overview of rating valuation today

Brown,Peter

Bond, Patrick H.

Brown, Peter K.

Real Estate

The Income Approach to Property Valuation

This classic text has been updated to meet the needs of today's students. It has been revised in line with the 2011 7th edition of the RICS Valuation Standards and covers the latest valuation techniques including the important area of investment appraisals. It will help readers understand the complex world of property valuation, in particular: . How to analyse market rents and sales prices to derive market evidence to support an opinion of market value . The investment method of valuation and how it's applied in practice . How specific legal factors can impact on market value when they interfere with market forces . What the market and the profession may consider to be the 'right' methodology in today's market place. . How to use spreadsheets in valuation This new edition places a particular emphasis on investment valuations and the impact of landlord and tenant relationships on value. The text has always been well regarded for its clear explanations of the maths behind valuations, and practical examples are provided to illustrate the valuation techniques used today for property investments, property developments and properties valued by reference to their business profits.
. Over 25,000 copies sold across all five editions . Strong focus on investment valuation, techniques and practice . New support materials make it easy for lecturers to teach with this text

Nunnington, Nick

Baum, Andrew

MacKmin, David

The Estates Gazette Law Reports are an indispensable reference for property law practitioners researching and advising on all aspects of landlord & tenant law, valuation, professional negligence, conveyancing, real property, leasehold enfranchisement and compensation.Published over three volumes each year and edited by HH Judge Hazel Marshall QC, they conveniently summarise key current property cases. . Cases selected by a top Chancery Judge. Offers cases additional to those published in EG. Provides detailed and clearly written head notes. References all cases in a subject matter index

EGLR 2010 Volume 3 (Estates Gazette Law Reports)

Marshall, Hazel

The Construction of Houses

Aimed specifically at those students and practitioners who require a broad understanding of building construction as part of a wider sphere of professional activity. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of modern construction and services. In addition most chapters contain information on earlier construction techniques to reflect the age profile fo the UK housing stock. This fourth edition has a revised text and hundreds of revised graphics, new illustrations and photos, an additional chapter on concrete housing, and an eight page colour section showing a series of photographs of a modern housing development. This book is the recommended construction text at a number of colleges and universities. It concentrates on principles and practice rather than details and regulations. In doing so it should enable the reader to demonstrate a comprehensive and genuine understanding of modern house construction and its evolution over the last 100 years. * An extensive and comprehensive introduction to modern construction * New illustrations and photos * Eight page colour section

Science & Math

Heath, Roger

Dann, Nigel

Marshall, Duncan

Worthing, Derek

Earth Sciences

This third edition of Understanding Housing Defects provides a coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in housing. Each of the 18 chapters covers a specific building element and includes a brief introduction setting out construction principles and the evolution of current practice. Each chapter then goes on to look at the identification, cause and diagnosis of common (and sometimes not so common) defects. The text has been revised and extended with new sections on boundary walls, chimneys and basements. The existing Services chapter has been replaced with three new, more substantial chapters on Heating &amp; Plumbing, Electrical Installations and Drainage. * This new edition, extensively revised, and containing over 1,000 new colour graphics and photographs makes it ideal for both students and practitioners * Explains the nature and cause of hundreds of defects found in new and old housing * Includes a summary of construction practice and common site errors

Understanding Housing Defects (4th Edition)

Arts & Photography

Architecture

House buying is being revolutionised! This book is divided into 12 age bands, from 1980 to pre 1670, with commentary explaining the social, economic and technical circumstances of the time which resulted in the dwellings appearing as they do. The broad range of dwellings covered should provide the necessary assistance towards identifying the age of a dwelling in any part of the United Kingdom. The series contains all the procedures and tasks involved in the preparation of reports on dwellings whether required by buyers, lenders or sellers. It follows the guidelines laid down by the courts and professional bodies and the likely statutory requirements for the Government's intended Home Condition Reports (HCR). Under the present programme it will be compulsory for Home Information Packs, of which the HCR will be part, to be produced before a dwelling is marketed for sale from 2006. Inspections and Reports on Dwellings: Assessing Age aims to help interested parties in putting this report together. .72 colour photos of dwellings built within each period - nearly 900 photos in total .Overview of the images draws attention to particular features .Range of dwellings covered from old to new, the large to small, and those built privately and those built by local authorities .First publication on the Government's proposed Housing Bill.

Inspections and Reports on Dwellings: Assessing Age

Santo, Philip

The purpose of this edition is to provide a comprehensive set of some 30 different valuations and investment tables in one volume. Although the tables will be used mainly by practising surveyors, they will also be useful to accountants and others concerned with various types of investment and financial calculations. In practice today, calculations are required for a variety of purposes which often justify more than one approach. With this in mind, Internal Rates of Return tables have been retained in a modified form. Using these tables, both growth and non-growth scenarios can be analysed for a more detailed appraisal of specific freehold property investments and to provide a basis for more in-depth investment advice.

Parry's Valuation and Investment Tables

Davidson, Alick

The Estates Gazette Law Reports are an indispensable reference for property law practitioners researching and advising on all aspects of landlord & tenant law, valuation, professional negligence, conveyancing, real property, leasehold enfranchisement and compensation.Published over three volumes each year and edited by HH Judge Hazel Marshall QC, they conveniently summarise key current property cases.

EGLR 2011 Volume 1 (Estates Gazette Law Reports)

Climate change has become a major international issue and the British Government is committed to meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the present decade and beyond. Much of this will rely on an increasing use of renewable energy. Within current technology this will depend almost exclusively upon the use of rural land, whether for wind turbines, for growing biomass and biofuels or for the production of biogas. Renewable energy is therefore of immediate interest to farmers and landowners and to their advisers, such as surveyors, lawyers, accountants and bankers, as well as to planners and conservationists. This is one of very few books which addresses the issue of renewable energy from the point of view of landowners, farmers and rural land managers – those people who must make important decisions about how, where and when to install renewable energy sources on their land and the business implications of the decisions they make. The third edition of Renewable Energy in the Countryside contains a new chapter on biogas, up-to-date discussions on the implications of the Renewable Heat Initiative and new opportunities for solar energy and ground source heat in the context of farms and country houses as well as the implications of changes in UK planning policies.

Renewable Energy in the Countryside

Prag, Peter

Biological Sciences

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