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October 2025 Property Surveying Newsletter

In this month's Property Surveying Newsletter ... we look at potential changes to the housing ...
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October 2025 Property Surveying market fact file

Our monthly Property Surveying summary of property market news, survey data, statistics, trends and information ...
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Stealth tax increase could cost of house building

A controversial treasury proposal to dramatically increase landfill taxes on construction waste threatens to derail ...
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Government energy efficiency grants leave thousands with defective home insulation

An investigation has uncovered catastrophic failures in government-backed home insulation schemes, with nearly every property ...
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Location determines how much council tax you pay

A new analysis has exposed a troubling inequality in Britain's council tax system, revealing that ...
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Local authorities sitting on developer tax funds

A controversial infrastructure funding mechanism designed to make property developers contribute toward community facilities has ...
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Government considering changes to home purchasing rules

The government has announced plans to reform home moving regulations in an effort to make ...
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Short term letting rules flouted by landlords

Property owners in London are finding ways to circumvent regulations designed to protect housing availability, ...
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Rising temperatures drive surge in UK property foundation problems

The UK's exceptionally hot summer has created conditions for what specialists predict could be one ...
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Home owner compensated for inappropriate foundations

A homeowner has secured a substantial payout after purchasing a property ten years ago, partly ...
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Home sale forced after five year boundary dispute

A retired woman faces losing her home after a disagreement over a one-foot strip of ...
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Go green – or demolish dream home

A couple in Wales have completed construction of their sustainable forest dream home, but maintaining ...

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