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Three Million New Homes Needed

Three Million New Homes Needed According To Charity

With ever increasing pressure on housing in general, and particularly social housing, a charity has called on the Government to build three million new homes...

Does An Extension Add Value To Your House?

Relaxation In Planning Rules For Extensions In England

Those homeowners looking to extend their properties will be able to do so quickly and easily without the need for a full planning application, with...

Government Consultation On Leaseholds

Government Announces Consultation On Leasehold Abuses

In an attempt to end the abuse of the leasehold system in the UK, the Government’s Housing Minister, the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP announced...

Landlords Right To Rent Scheme Compliance

Buy To Let Landlords Are ‘Unprepared For Brexit’

The government has been accused of failing to prepare the country’s buy to let landlords for the impact of Brexit, one leading landlord organisation warns....

Government Housing Experts

Government Unveils Plans To Raise Property Agent Standards

The Government announced plans on Friday for a new body of experts tasked with raising property agent standards. Chaired by Lord Best, the new working...

Brexit House Price Drop

Brexit Blamed For House Price Drop

Figures from property website Rightmove have shown that house prices rose at the lowest rate for the time of year since 2011. This is in...

Government Bans No Fault Evictions

Government Moves To Put An End To ‘No-Fault’ Evictions

The Government announced today that it will ban landlords from evicting tenants at short notice without good reason, as part of its continued shake-up of...

Regulations For Renting Out A Property

Regulations For Renting Out A Property

With buy to let mortgage rates at near rock bottom levels and growing numbers of financial products available means that property investment is still a...

Brexit's Impact On The Property Sector

Brexit’s Impact On The Property Sector

Like the negotiations themselves, making predictions on the property market’s response to Brexit is clouded by a range of competing variables. Amongst all the seemingly...

Downing Street Prime Minister

Next Prime Minister Could Change Rules On Stamp Duty

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has suggested that the burden of stamp duty – paid when a property is sold – should be switched...

Government Crackdown On Rogue Landlords

Councils handed £2m to crackdown on rogue landlords

The government has handed councils £2 million in a bid to crackdown on rogue landlords across the country. As a result, local authorities can now...

House being unlocked

Boris Considers New Part-Buy, Part-Rent Home Ownership Scheme

New Prime Minister Boris Johnson is looking at investing public funds in a new part-buy, part-rent scheme. Leading estate agents, the Romans Leaders Group, have...

Number Of Empty UK Homes Rises

Number Of Empty Homes In The UK Rises By 5.3%

The number of empty properties in England rose 5.3% to 216,186 long term empty homes in the twelve months to October 2018 according to the...

Right To Buy Scheme Profits

Right To Buy Delivered £6.4bn Profit Since 2000

Tenants who bought their council homes using the controversial Right to Buy scheme racked up £6.4 billion in resale profits, an investigation has found. The...

Theresa May Foreign Stamp Duty

New Stamp Duty Surcharge: Foreign Buyers Set To Be Hit

In an attempt to make property more affordable for British residents, the Government plans to increase the stamp duty surcharge for foreign buyers. Theresa May...

Government House Buying Process Reform

Sellers To Benefit From House Buying Process Reform

In a surprise announcement at the weekend, housing secretary Sajid Javid has revealed plans to tackle the problems of rogue estate agents and gazumping with...

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