Posts Tagged ‘new houses’
Government proposes changes to unfair leasehold and ground rent agreements
Announcement 25th July 2017 from Department for Communities and Local Government and Sajid Javid MP headlines ‘Crackdown on Unfair Leashold Practices’. Radical new proposals to cut out unfair abuses of leasehold have been announced by the government in a major move that will deliver a fairer, more transparent system for homebuyers. Leaseholds on new-build houses…
Read MoreNAEA September Housing Market Report
House sales to first time buyers accounted for 29% of total sales in September, compared to 20% in August, a rise of nine percentage points from last month that is the highest since May this year. The number of house-hunters searching for properties dropped this month The number of properties available to buy at each…
Read MoreBuy-to-Let increases burden on welfare
It is expected that George Osborne will be cutting Housing Benefit in his budget on wednesday, it has been reported through certain media that he is considering forcing all housing benefit recipients to contribute towards their own rent. It has also been reported that he is pushing for the benefit cap to be lowered from…
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