https://thepropertydecision.com/ Buying, selling and renting a home treated as a sequence of decisions — surveys, conveyancing, offers, chains and the costs nobody puts on the listing. en © 2026 Cornerstone Property Press Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/buying/the-order-property-decisions-actually-arrive-in/ https://thepropertydecision.com/buying/the-order-property-decisions-actually-arrive-in/ Most buying guides start with viewings. The decisions that constrain everything else are made weeks earlier. Buying Gareth Pryce Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/buying/what-a-chain-actually-is-and-why-it-breaks/ https://thepropertydecision.com/buying/what-a-chain-actually-is-and-why-it-breaks/ A chain is a set of simultaneous transactions that must all complete on one day. Any link can stop it. Buying Anouk Wijnands Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/surveys/survey-levels-and-which-one-is-worth-paying-for/ https://thepropertydecision.com/surveys/survey-levels-and-which-one-is-worth-paying-for/ A lender valuation is not a survey. Confusing the two is how buyers discover a roof after completion. Surveys & Condition Gareth Pryce Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/surveys/damp-findings-are-three-different-problems-in-one-word/ https://thepropertydecision.com/surveys/damp-findings-are-three-different-problems-in-one-word/ A survey noting damp could mean condensation, penetration or rising damp, and they cost wildly different amounts to fix. Surveys & Condition Piet Vermeulen Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/legal/what-conveyancing-is-actually-doing-while-nothing-appears-to-happen/ https://thepropertydecision.com/legal/what-conveyancing-is-actually-doing-while-nothing-appears-to-happen/ The silent weeks in a transaction are searches, enquiries and title checks. Knowing the sequence makes the wait legible. Legal & Paperwork Laleh Farahani Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/legal/leasehold-the-questions-to-ask-before-you-offer/ https://thepropertydecision.com/legal/leasehold-the-questions-to-ask-before-you-offer/ A lease is a diminishing asset with running costs attached. Both are knowable before you commit. Legal & Paperwork Gareth Pryce Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/selling/pricing-a-sale-against-the-market-rather-than-the-mortgage/ https://thepropertydecision.com/selling/pricing-a-sale-against-the-market-rather-than-the-mortgage/ Sellers anchor to what they need. Buyers price against what else is available that week. Selling Tomás Herrera Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/renting/deposits-notice-and-the-paperwork-tenants-should-keep/ https://thepropertydecision.com/renting/deposits-notice-and-the-paperwork-tenants-should-keep/ Most tenancy disputes are evidential. The tenant with dated photographs and written records usually prevails. Renting Piet Vermeulen Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/renting/what-renting-actually-costs-a-landlord/ https://thepropertydecision.com/renting/what-renting-actually-costs-a-landlord/ Rental yield calculations that ignore voids, maintenance and tax describe a business nobody operates. Renting Sinead Culhane Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/running/the-running-costs-that-start-the-day-you-complete/ https://thepropertydecision.com/running/the-running-costs-that-start-the-day-you-complete/ Ownership costs are continuous and lumpy. Households that plan for the lumps experience them as scheduled rather than as crises. Running a Home Gareth Pryce Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/selling/selling-with-an-agent-and-what-the-fee-actually-buys/ https://thepropertydecision.com/selling/selling-with-an-agent-and-what-the-fee-actually-buys/ Agency fees are negotiable and the service behind them varies more than the price does. Selling Gareth Pryce Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://thepropertydecision.com/legal/buying-with-someone-you-are-not-married-to/ https://thepropertydecision.com/legal/buying-with-someone-you-are-not-married-to/ Joint ownership defaults are not designed for your situation, and the paperwork to fix that is cheap. Legal & Paperwork Laleh Farahani Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT