Property News

The government has announced a stamp duty holiday until 31st March 2021, with property news sites widely reporting that, just a fortnight after the announcement, ...
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The government has been called on to instigate the reforms to estate agency that were detailed in a report by the Regulation of Property Agents ...
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The energy regulator Ofgem has forced the UK's largest independent energy supplier, Ovo Energy, to pay £8.9 million to a voluntary redress scheme to help ...
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In May 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said the number of empty homes in England in October 2018 was 634,453, ...
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Home owners in Kent fear their new home is unsafe after they were awoken in the middle of the night with a ‘massive crash’ as ...
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A 'property bonanza' of second homes sales has given 160 MPs a windfall of £42 million, paid for in part by taxpayers. Until the expenses ...
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The latest national English Housing Survey 2017/18 headline report has been published. This is the first release of data from the annual survey that will ...
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Estate agent Countrywide has received a £215,000 fine from HMRC for failing to ensure that policies, controls and procedures regarding money laundering are upheld within ...
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Basildon Borough Council is planning to sell a five acre parcel of vacant land for £1 to a 26-year old property developer who plans to ...
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Estate agents' 'To Let' boards could be banned from some areas of Lincoln, after the government gave the City Council permission to prohibit them. Complaints ...
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Negative publicity has dogged the highly profitable Help to Buy market, and the housing minister, James Brokenshire, is reviewing the continued inclusion of new build ...
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NHS Property Services, which manages around 10% of the National Health Service’s estate, was set up less than six years ago, to run NHS properties ...
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Planning permission was originally granted at South Quay Parkside, Barry Waterfront, on condition that no properties would be occupied until a range of District Centre ...
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has responded to industry reports that ‘down valuations’ are making it difficult for buyers to obtain a mortgage. Estate ...
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) estimates there to be around 30,000 ‘mortgage prisoners’ in the UK, and a further 120,000 home buyers tied to a ...
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New official data released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show that 62.6% of the 23.9 million homes in England are now ...
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Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) are being abused, according to the British Property Federation (BPF), as House of Fraser has become the latest retailer to restructure ...
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The number of registered sex offenders has risen by over a third in England and Wales over the last five years with more than 40,000 ...
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The advertising rules regulator, Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has criticised the industry for ‘repeat problems’ in advertising.  It has called for immediate action and ...
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The FTSE 100 company, Legal and General, has entered the retirement property market in a direct and quick way by buying the Inspired Villages Group ...
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While recent changes in Stamp Duty Land Tax will benefit the first time buyer, making lower-priced property more affordable, the tax will further increase government revenue on more ...
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