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Halifax sees potential for further house price rises
Yet more confirmation of soaring house prices has come from the latest Halifax House Price Index. It found that the price of an average house…
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‘Fit and proper’ test for park home owners and managers
New, stricter rules are to be introduced to clamp down on rogue park home site owners and managers, Housing Minister Eddie Hughes has announced. Under…
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London council housing ‘renaissance’
Last year saw work started on more than 3,000 new council homes, a similar number to those started the previous year. Funded by funded by…
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House price rises accelerate further
House prices are now rising at a smidgeon under 11 per cent per annum, the Nationwide has estimated. The mortgage lender’s latest House Price Index…
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Call for longer CGT deadline
A recommendation that taxpayers be given longer to settle their Capital Gains Tax liabilities has been welcomed by the National Residential Landlords Association. The recommendation…
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Private rented housing stock remains static
There were 4.8m private rented dwellings in England at the end of March 2020, the Office for national Statistics has reported. Overall there were 24.7m…
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‘Substantial penalty’ for unlicensed HMO landlord
Lambeth Landlord Fernando Brown has been fined £18,500 for running an unlicensed HMO. Council officers were first alerted to a possible breach of HMO regulations…
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Tenant sought after failed revenge plot
A convicted tenant is apparently on the run after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice by attempting to implicate his landlord’s partner…
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Updated ‘prescribed forms’ published
A new set of ‘prescribed forms’ that landlords must use when proposing various actions have been published by the Government. They include ‘Form 3’ giving…
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Property developers face new tax
A new residential property developer tax is being proposed by the Government. Likely to be introduced in 2022, it forms part of a £5bn cladding…