There is a significant difference between a licence and a lease when it applies to property. The fundamental difference is a licence is a permission to use a property, whereas a lease gives you a legal interest in the property. One of the situations where this distinction can be of enormous significance is where a … Read more
Do you own a house? Are you wondering about the benefit of buying a house versus renting? Have you turned your mind to the question of investing in a house as compared with investing in shares? Let’s take a look at this most important decision. It is a bold statement to make but the one … Read more
All property title must start somewhere, but where? What is the starting point? Last year? 20 years ago? 50 years ago? The last century? In Ireland if a vendor can show a deed which has certain characteristics it will be accepted by conveyancers, legal professionals, and the Property Registration Authority as a good root of … Read more
Some years ago, the late Princess Diana, in a television scoop interview with journalist Martin Bashir on Channel 4, told Bashir that “there are three people in this relationship”. This was a reference to the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles and to Camilla Parker Bowles with whom Charles was having a relationship. This … Read more
When you are buying a house there are some tasks which will correctly take priority over others. The two key things you will probably be concerned with are 1. Arranging loan finance (assuming you are not a cash buyer), and 2. Finding the right property Nevertheless, certain delays may arise in the course of your … Read more