{"id":22317,"date":"2019-05-29T15:55:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T14:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=22317"},"modified":"2020-07-08T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T14:49:46","slug":"property-news-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=22317","title":{"rendered":"Property News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Protecting England’s historic buildings: the Heritage At-Risk Register<\/a><\/h4>\n
England's most treasured historical landmarks face an ongoing battle against time and neglect. To combat this, each year, Historic England compiles a comprehensive list identifying ...
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\"Plymouth<\/a>\n

Cladding fraud leaseholders face alleged financial misconduct<\/a><\/h4>\n
David and Sara Corry dreamt of a peaceful retirement in their seaside apartment overlooking Plymouth Hoe. Instead, they're retreating to bed by early evening just ...
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\"Insulation<\/a>\n

Historic energy debt sparks leaseholder revolt<\/a><\/h4>\n
The residents of a luxury apartment development in Birmingham are facing demands to pay over \u00a3200,000 in historic electricity bills they never knew existed. The ...
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\"Front<\/a>\n

England’s empty homes crisis: why 720,000 properties stand vacant<\/a><\/h4>\n
England faces a housing paradox: nearly 720,000 homes sit empty while homelessness rises and house prices soar beyond reach for many. Around 265,000 of these ...
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\"wooden<\/a>\n

Moving a historic building<\/a><\/h4>\n
Imagine needing to move the important buildings in your home town or risk losing them for ever. That's exactly what's happening in Kiruna, a small ...
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\"sign<\/a>\n

Estate agency sales methods under scrutiny<\/a><\/h4>\n
A recent undercover investigation has exposed questionable business practices at major property firms, raising serious concerns about whether estate agents are truly working in their ...
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\"Derbyshire<\/a>\n

Lessons from Britain’s emerging new towns<\/a><\/h4>\n
With ambitious plans for 1.5 million new homes by 2029, the government faces mounting pressure to deliver large-scale housing developments amid declining construction starts and ...
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\"sunshine<\/a>\n

Spain fights back against short-term rentals<\/a><\/h4>\n
Spain is taking dramatic action against holiday rental platforms like Airbnb as locals struggle to find affordable homes. The Spanish government wants to remove nearly ...
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\"Lynton<\/a>\n

“Residents’ parking” leaves residents up in arms<\/a><\/h4>\n
Until recently, Tors Road was the only remaining road in the small but busy coastal village of Lynmouth, North Devon, which had no parking restrictions ...
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\"incentives<\/a>\n

Why is my home insurance premium rising?<\/a><\/h4>\n
It is all very well turning to certain websites that promise to find us the best prices on home insurance, but when all the options ...
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\"The<\/a>\n

China plan to solve housing crisis<\/a><\/h4>\n
The Chinese housing market went into crisis in 2020 following the government's introduction of a strict debt policy. The sudden decision to stop the flow ...
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\"Money<\/a>\n

Annual value and number of homes sold in England down by almost half<\/a><\/h4>\n
The value of homes sold in England during 2023 was around half that of 2022, according to an analysis by eXp UK, the platform for ...
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\"ruined<\/a>\n

Council forcing sale of private property over owner’s debt of \u00a3800<\/a><\/h4>\n
Cumberland Council has started a process of enforced purchase on a property that has not been lived in for twenty years. The body has been ...
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\"House<\/a>\n

Older home owners choose not to downsize<\/a><\/h4>\n
It is estimated that every month the average homeowner spends an extra \u00a3100, and 12.6 hours of their time, running and maintaining a property that ...
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\"build<\/a>\n

Perils of a Shared Appreciation Mortgage<\/a><\/h4>\n
Between 1996 and 1998, Barclays Bank and Bank of Scotland offered a type of mortgage known as the Shared Appreciation Mortgage. The product was interest ...
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\"London<\/a>\n

Property register fines of \u00a31 billion not yet enforced<\/a><\/h4>\n
Analysis by the BBC reveals that the UK has not yet imposed fines of up to \u00a31 billion on foreign companies for violating a landmark ...
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\"Old<\/a>\n

Ditching Manchester property for un beau reve<\/a><\/h4>\n
A British couple have swapped the hectic nine-to-five of city life and their Manchester property for the more relaxed lifestyle of a historic village in ...
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\"The<\/a>\n

Pot plants banned for safety reasons<\/a><\/h4>\n
Greenwich Council has enraged the residents of a London estate by imposing a blanket ban on garden ornaments, benches and pot plants, even sending in ...
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\"house<\/a>\n

Purplebricks online estate agent sells for \u00a31<\/a><\/h4>\n
Online estate agent, Purplebricks, has been purchased for \u00a31 in a rescue deal by rival estate agent, Strike, after the company claimed to be just ...
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\"wooden<\/a>\n

Private landlords aren’t the only problem, Mr Gove<\/a><\/h4>\n
It is the policy of most Housing Associations to remove floor coverings between tenancies, often leaving bare floors in its place at the start of ...
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\"building<\/a>\n

UK property investment firm collapses<\/a><\/h4>\n
The collapse of a UK property and construction firm has left investors out of pocket to the tune of \u00a330 million. The company has been ...
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\"Bamboo<\/a>\n

Bristol builds back garden homes to resolve housing shortage<\/a><\/h4>\n
Bristol City Council is supporting a local charity to help tackle the local housing shortage, in conjunction with the Charity, We Can Make, which is ...
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\"new<\/a>\n

Mortgage default predicted for thousands of households<\/a><\/h4>\n
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that thousands of households could be forced to default on their mortgages over the next two years. The ...
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\"Electrical<\/a>\n

Lack of electricity may delay house building<\/a><\/h4>\n
Housing developers and local councils have been warned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) that a lack of capacity in the power network may limit ...
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\"House<\/a>\n

Property investors accuse FCA of failure<\/a><\/h4>\n
The Financial Conduct Authority failed to act on warnings that a Manchester-based investment scheme\u00a0 used suspect techniques between 2016 and 2018 to sell to ordinary ...
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\"London<\/a>\n

Birds of a feather nesting in London’s posh areas<\/a><\/h4>\n
Wealthy property buyers have bought nearly three billion pounds worth of property in London in the first half of 2022, according to Savills. Among these, ...
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\"London<\/a>\n

London property developer loses billion pound contract<\/a><\/h4>\n
A\u00a0 redevelopment contract with a Chinese property developer worth one billion pounds has been terminated by the Greater London Authority after years of inactivity. Advanced ...
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\"Dawn<\/a>\n

Council with local housing shortage markets new homes overseas<\/a><\/h4>\n
Around 500 new homes on two sites are being built in Cambridge in a partnership between the council and property developer, the Hill Group. Around ...
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\"New<\/a>\n

Property ownership struggles predicted<\/a><\/h4>\n
This month, interest rates rose to a 13-year high of 1%, as the Bank of England increased the Bank Rate in a bid to tackle ...
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Canada proposes ban on foreign home buyers<\/a><\/h4>\n
Since the pandemic, Canada's housing market has suffered from a low supply of available homes and soaring housing costs that have increased by more than ...
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\"New<\/a>\n

Lenders predict house price slowdown<\/a><\/h4>\n
Mortgage lender, Halifax, has said house price growth is likely to slow down \"considerably\" over the next year, despite the likelihood that housing supply will ...
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\"sign<\/a>\n

Online estate agent facing compensation claims<\/a><\/h4>\n
The failure to properly serve legal documents on behalf of landlords has potentially left Purplebricks open to compensation claims. Since its set up in 2012, ...
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\"substantial<\/a>\n

Who benefits most from house price rises?<\/a><\/h4>\n
A recent study has concluded that the rich have benefited most from the house price boom, in particular Londoners.\u00a0Research by the Resolution Foundation and Abrdn ...
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\"rental<\/a>\n

South West home affordability at breaking point<\/a><\/h4>\n
Home affordability is under more strain, as an analysis of figures released by the government reveals the number of second homes in England undergoing change ...
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\"Building<\/a>\n

Worst builder in Britain … or angry builder and typical home improver?<\/a><\/h4>\n
A home owner in Leicester has accused his 'angry builder' of demolishing his property with a digger. The five bedroom property at 26 Guildford Road ...
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\"Rural<\/a>\n

Trying to get on the map? Be careful what you wish for<\/a><\/h4>\n
In 2019, the Withernsea Pier and Promenade Association, representing the town of Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, asked for help in getting the ...
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\"online<\/a>\n

Online property advertising boom<\/a><\/h4>\n
Some people are looking for a new property to buy. Others are simply interested in keeping an eye on the local property market in our ...
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\"overseas<\/a>\n

Regions attracting property investment from overseas<\/a><\/h4>\n
As city-dwellers seek to move out of the capital towards a better life in the country, it seems that foreign investors are following suit. After ...
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\"New<\/a>\n

Persimmon sales higher than before pandemic<\/a><\/h4>\n
The UK's largest new home builder has reported revenues of \u00a31.84 billion for the first six months of 2021, higher than the record revenues the ...
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\"roof<\/a>\n

Housing less affordable in many OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries<\/a><\/h4>\n
The UK is not the only country suffering from less affordable, high quality housing - in fact, many of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ...
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\"planning<\/a>\n

Totnes community building project gazumped<\/a><\/h4>\n
The well established plans of a local community group to build affordable homes have been thwarted, after a property developer gazumped them to purchase the ...
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\"old<\/a>\n

Whinger moves in to silence 110 year old noise<\/a><\/h4>\n
The village of Kenton in South Devon sits on the doorstep of the impressive Powderham Castle, on the banks of the River Exe south of ...
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\u2018Saddest ever\u2019 house build may actually be completed in 2021!<\/a><\/h4>\n
Fans of television\u2019s Grand Designs will remember the enormous, modernist \u2018light house\u2019 that was built to replace a family\u2019s North Devon clifftop family home \u2013 ...
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\"London<\/a>\n

City of London converts offices to houses<\/a><\/h4>\n
As the UK moves steadily out of lockdown, businesses are reconsidering the long-term ongoing working arrangements of their employees. Many employers have found it a ...
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\"image<\/a>\n

Chartered Surveyors 2021 ‘manifesto’ published<\/a><\/h4>\n
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published its new 'manifesto' prior to the\u00a0 English local elections in May 2021. RICS represents over 80,000 ...
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\"image<\/a>\n

Estate agency put on red alert list<\/a><\/h4>\n
The pandemic has suited some businesses rather better than others, but one estate agency has found itself on a red alert list, thanks to its ...
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\"rental<\/a>\n

Gwynedd hits back at second home owners<\/a><\/h4>\n
Gwynedd Council has announced it will increase its council tax premium for second home owners and long-term empty property in the 2021\/2022 financial year. The ...
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\"disused<\/a>\n

Flipping property<\/a><\/h4>\n
England and Wales are enjoying a 12-year high in the number of homes that are 'flipped'. Flipping property is the term used for properties that ...
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\"new<\/a>\n

Bradford new build homes worthless<\/a><\/h4>\n
Homeowners in Bradford have been advised to take legal action against their conveyancing solicitors for negligence, after the new build homes they bought in 2014\/15 ...
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\"rental<\/a>\n

Warning of economic clearance in rural areas<\/a><\/h4>\n
Mirroring many other rural communities around the UK, Islanders in the Hebrides and Skye are becoming fearful of being priced out of their local housing ...
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\"monopoly<\/a>\n

Demand for homes surges, but not due to stamp duty holiday<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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\"Extract<\/a>\n

Unscrupulous ‘quick sale’ estate agents leave homeowners stranded<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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<\/a>\n

Energy companies overcharging household customers<\/a><\/h4>\n
The energy regulator Ofgem has forced the UK's largest independent energy supplier, Ovo Energy, to pay \u00c2\u00a38.9 million to a voluntary redress scheme to help ...
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43% rise in empty private homes in Wales<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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<\/a>\n

New-build homes falling down before they can catch fire<\/a><\/h4>\n
Home owners in Kent fear their new home is unsafe after they were awoken in the middle of the night with a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmassive crash\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as ...
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<\/a>\n

Gove makes \u00c2\u00a3870,000 at taxpayers’ expense as MPs handed \u00c2\u00a342 million gift<\/a><\/h4>\n
A 'property bonanza' of second homes sales has given 160 MPs a windfall of \u00c2\u00a342 million, paid for in part by taxpayers. Until the expenses ...
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<\/a>\n

English Housing Survey<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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<\/a>\n

Countrywide fined over money laundering failures<\/a><\/h4>\n
Estate agent Countrywide has received a \u00c2\u00a3215,000 fine from HMRC for failing to ensure that policies, controls and procedures regarding money laundering are upheld within ...
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Basildon Council sells \u00c2\u00a31 million land for \u00c2\u00a31 – we’ll offer \u00c2\u00a32 (stc)!<\/a><\/h4>\n
Basildon Borough Council is planning to sell a five acre parcel of vacant land for \u00c2\u00a31 to a 26-year old property developer who plans to ...
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To Let estate agent boards banned in Lincoln<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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<\/a>\n

Government scheme lets housebuilder triple profits in six years<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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Doctors owe \u00c2\u00a3422m of unpaid property payments<\/a><\/h4>\n
NHS Property Services, which manages around 10% of the National Health Service\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s estate, was set up less than six years ago, to run NHS properties ...
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Barry homebuyers move in despite enforcement action<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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Is \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdown valuation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 myth \u00e2\u20ac\u201c or fact?<\/a><\/h4>\n
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has responded to industry reports that \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdown valuations\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 are making it difficult for buyers to obtain a mortgage. Estate ...
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Can’t afford to switch to a cheaper deal? Help on the way for (some) ‘mortgage prisoners’<\/a><\/h4>\n
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) estimates there to be around 30,000 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmortgage prisoners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in the UK, and a further 120,000 home buyers tied to a ...
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First recorded rise in home ownership in 13 years<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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Landlords accuse retailers of abusing CVA system<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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400,000 homes deemed ‘virtually unmarketable’ by estate agents<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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Estate Agents still walking through the minefield that is advertising standards<\/a><\/h4>\n
The advertising rules regulator, Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has criticised the industry for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcrepeat problems\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in advertising.\u00c2\u00a0 It has called for immediate action and ...
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<\/a>\n

Legal and General Enter Retirement Property Market<\/a><\/h4>\n
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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<\/a>\n

First time buyer struggles to get on the housing market<\/a><\/h4>\n
While recent changes in\u00c2\u00a0Stamp Duty Land Tax\u00c2\u00a0will\u00c2\u00a0benefit the first time buyer, making lower-priced property more affordable, the tax will further increase government revenue on more ...
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