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• Thousands of teenagers haven’t claimed cash from their state trust funds
• House prices continue to rise…but for how much longer? 
• Boy granted £50k from aunt’s estate as she had ‘taken on the role of mother’
• Help to Build scheme to make custom homes more affordable
• Mother’s will not upheld because she suffered ‘insane delusions’
• Mixed fortunes for homebuyers as stamp duty cut but interest rates rise
• Brownfield land fund to create thousands of new homes
• Court rejects ‘put up or shut up’ application in dispute over will
• New insurance scheme to enable flat sales in high-rise buildings
• Government scheme built 37,000 new homes over the last year
• Man’s will found in draft form on computer ruled to be valid  
• UK House Prices rose by more than 12.4% over the last year 
• TV’s Kate Garraway highlights value of powers of attorney       
• Seller of land should have pointed out defect in title
• 355,000 homeowners benefit from Help to Buy scheme
• LPAs can help protect your interests as dementia figures rise in UK
• New fund established to help build 10,000 new homes by 2025
• Dementia sufferer was aware of his actions so his will was valid
• Ban on ground rent will cut costs for future leaseholders
• Writing on back of envelope not enough to alter woman’s will
• Homeowner overturns restrictive covenant so he can build extension
• ‘Unwanted’ son claims share of late father’s estate from niece
• Make sure you have an up-to-date will in place
• Lasting Powers of Attorney could help protect your future
• Taylor Wimpey frees leaseholders from ground rent terms
• Key workers step on to housing ladder through First Homes scheme
• Widow granted injunction to prevent husband’s will being challenged
• £8.6 billion allocated to boost the number of affordable homes
• Streamlined land scheme to boost number of new homes
• UK House Prices rose by more than 10% over the last year
• Inadequate online wills could lead to surge in family disputes
• Thousands of homes to be built on derelict and underused land
• £150m package to deliver more homes for first time buyers
• Court interprets woman’s will to enable all her children to inherit
• Court settles brothers’ dispute over administering mother’s will
• Homeowners lose appeal over stamp duty on ‘large gardens’
• Court upholds a woman’s second will despite suffering from dementia
• 12-year high for the number of first-time buyers
• Three brothers fail to overturn their mother’s will which leaves the estate to their sister
• People who have been overcharged for deputyships are eligible for claim refunds
• A Shared ownership scheme to help people get on to the housing ladder
• £600 million funding for new homes has been announced by the chancellor
• Father dies without a will, grand-daughters lose shares in a farm
• MPs say Help to Buy Schemes are not delivering the expected value
• Turmoil in parliament holds up a rise in probate fees
• New online probate application services have above 90% approval rating
• Onset of dementia, medical and legal steps against it
• 35-year mortgages with Help to Buy schemes
• Son able to inherit farm even though he fell out with his parents
• Number of affordable homes has increased according to latest figures
• Woman granted £1.2m from father’s estate even after family fall-out
• Christian campaigner loses court case over mother’s will
• Digital signatures make it easier to re-mortgage
• Cohabiting couples ‘should have automatic right to inherit’
• Government supports Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Stamp duty surcharge ‘could reduce house price inflation’
• Homeowners and tenants to get new complaints service
• Court corrects costly tax error in family’s trust fund
• Court outlines the scope of lasting powers of attorney
• Homeowners and tenants to get new housing complaints service
• Gold-Diggers are ‘marrying to exploit the elderly’
• A delay in dealing with wills and probate could now prove costly
• New agreements to ‘reduce house sale failures’
• Court settles family dispute over who should inherit house
• Over-60s failing to protect legacies if their children divorce
• New reservation agreements ‘could reduce house sale failures
• More than 450,000 homes sold to people using Help to Buy
• Court appoints deputy for patient unable to manage her affairs
• New plans to improve service for home buyers, sellers and tenants
• Make sure your will writer is ‘qualified, insured and regulated’
• Inheritance tax exemption ‘should apply to cohabiting siblings’
• Most new homes to be sold as freehold – leases capped at £10
• Court orders sisters to pay £325,000 to dead father’s partner
• Stamp duty boost for first-time buyers of shared-ownership homes
• ‘Giveaway budget’ but no rise in inheritance tax allowances
• Sisters allowed to correct error to benefit from family trust
• Court settles siblings’ dispute over sale of family home
• Lack of preparation for old age threatens our future well-being
• £1 billion fund created to help build thousands more homes
• Homeowners win Japanese knotweed claim against Network Rail
• Brothers in dispute over house left in their mother’s will
• New Town Development Corporations to deliver more homes
• Housing Minister announces homes boost for rural families
• Nearly 70,000 first-time buyers benefit from stamp duty cut
• Lasting powers of attorney can help protect dementia sufferers
• Estate agents to be ‘professionalised’ to improve housing market
• Son fails to overturn father’s will to inherit extra land
• Tax on empty homes could be doubled to boost housing market
• Special ‘home inheritance tax allowance’ rises by £25,000
• Widow granted £400,000 instalment from husband’s estate
• Government to create a new generation of town houses
• £300m investment to tackle challenges of our ageing society
• Court allows 91-year-old to buy home he shared with partner
• House price growth across the UK slowed down in 2017
• MoJ refunding Power of Attorney overpayments
• Three executors in dispute over their mother’s will
• Survey discovers people’s most common “will blunders”
• New measures to prevent ‘abusive’ leasehold practices
• Protect your family with a will or lasting power of attorney
• Extra £10 billion to fund Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme
• Victims of sexual abuse fail to overturn their mother’s will
• Trusts Registration Service deadline extended
• Court clears up confusion caused by a homemade will
• Stamp duty cut for first buyers – but will it really help?
• Leading judge wants ‘living wills’ to be made compulsory
• Plans to make buying and selling a home less stressful
• £2.3 billion fund to unlock 100,000 new homes
• Daughter awarded share of father’s estate despite his wishes
• More than a million people have opened a Help to Buy ISA
• Government plans to ban leasehold sales of new houses
• Move to bring ‘outdated law’ on wills into 21st century
• £90m to be repaid to thousands with Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA)
• Government confirms its commitment to helping homebuyers
• Son not allowed to inherit house as a deathbed gift
• British families pay a record £5 billion inheritance tax
• Family can’t make a claim on their stepmother’s estate
• Help to Buy schemes used by over a million home buyers
• How LPAs can help protect your future from dementia
• Latest house prices show an annual rise but a monthly fall
• Increases to probate application fees postponed until after the election
• Government plans to unlock more brownfield land for new homes
• Wife wins appeal over share of estranged husband’s estate
• Now it costs less to take out lasting powers of attorney
• Woman removed as executor of her father’s will
• Woman loses dispute with charities over her mother’s will
• New proposals aim to make moving home easier, quicker and safer
• Inheritance tax main residence allowance comes into effect
• Starter homes sold to first-time buyers at 20% discount
• Daughter wins family dispute over mother’s lost will
• Government unveils plans for housing market
• Disinherited son fails to overturn his father’s will
• Government unlocks £7 billion for affordable housing
• Man must pay £44,000 in family dispute over will
• Over 220,000 home buyers have used Help to Buy
• Daughter’s bid to administer mother’s estate rejected
• UK House prices show an annual increase of 6.9%
• LPAs could help protect your future
• Make sure you have an up-to-date will in place
• How the law can help when someone loses mental capacity
• Plans to streamline buying and selling of homes
• Autumn Statement outlines boosts to house building
• Public prefer solicitors to write their will
• Dispute over pub held in a family trust settled
• Father & son in dispute over ownership of house
• Applications for living wills double
• Family overturn brother’s will
• Man left out of will can buy partner’s home
• Second marriage sparks disputes over wills
• House prices increase by 8.7%
• More than half a million people open Help to Buy ISAs
• Trust amended to give inheritance rights to gay partners
• Daughters lose appeal after being left out of father’s will
• Ex-Husband Allowed to Challenge Will of Former Mother-in-Law
• Safeguard your future with a Lasting Power of Attorney
• UK House prices rose by more than 8% last year
• Dementia sufferer’s will leaving estate to grandson invalid
• Charities to invest an extra £100m in research into dementia
• Shared ownership changes help 175,000 on to housing ladder
• Battle over Prince’s estate
• Court upholds woman’s will against challenge by grandchildren
• Stamp duty changes save homebuyers more than £650m
• More starter homes at 20% discount for first time buyers
• Inheritance tax revenue ‘to soar to £4.6 billion this year’
• Husband’s ‘torn up’ will disinheriting wife is allowed to stand
• Housing zones ‘to provide thousands of homes on brownfield land’
• More than 150,000 have bought a home through Help to Buy
• Charities take dispute over woman’s will to Supreme Court
• More public sector land made available to build new homes
• Partner can keep married partner’s home
• More than 250,000 Help to Buy ISAs opened
• Wealthy families face £20,000 rise in probate fees
• New safeguards for people using lasting powers of attorney
• Housing association tenants get Right to Buy
• Deceased’s bank accounts frozen due to dispute
• Government to commission new homes on publicly owned land
• Big rise in the number of people challenging ‘unfair wills’
• Thousands of tenants now registering to buy their homes
• Charities benefit as woman’s second will declared invalid
• New measures to help more people buy their first home
• Family fails to inherit after dispute over will and UK assets
• Daughter appointed as mother’s deputy despite living abroad
• Help to Buy ISAs now available for first time buyers
• Son’s Power of Attorney Over Mother’s Estate Revoked by Court
• Housing Association Tenants Given Right to Buy Their Home
• Inheritance Tax Payments Soar as Family Wealth Rises
• Most People Still Prefer to Ask a Solicitor to Write Their Will
• Lasting power of attorney forms now ‘simpler and clearer’
• Number of homes bought through Help to Buy tops 100,000