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Stamp Duty Tax Receipts Soar in Third Quarter
Stamp duty tax receipts soared in the third quarter of the year, as property buyers gave up waiting for Brexit and started to move. The…
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The Priorities of the Chancellor
Chancellor Sajid Javid’s spending round, outlining departmental budgets for 2020/21, have proved a disappointment to housing professionals, local authorities and those in need of housing,…
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25 Years in the UK Housing Sector
It is 25 years since I graduated as a housing professional. I had spent a year in a local authority housing office and seen how…
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New Government Housing Appointments in Boris Reshuffle
Two new housing appointments have been made by Boris Johnson in his government reshuffle as he takes office. The first of the housing appointments sees…
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Landlords Can No Longer Charge Prospective Tenants Fees
It seems a very long time ago that I warned moves to remove the fees landlords charged to prospective tenants was on the horizon. I…
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Buy to Let Property Investors Want Fast Track Housing Tribunal
Buy to let property investors are calling for a fast track housing tribunal to help protect their property investments should the Section 21 ‘no-fault’ eviction…
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Could This Really Be the End of the Private Rental Sector?
I have worked with the private rental sector for 25 years, but I won’t be having a party. I have seen the how attitudes have…
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More Landlord Interference from the ‘Government’
Just when you feel that there is nothing else the government, or prospective government, can do to make it harder for a private sector landlord…
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Metro Bank Stops ‘No DSS’ Buy to Let Mortgages
Metro Bank has stopped promoting ‘no DSS’ mortgages after pressure from the government. The ‘no DSS’ mortgages did not allow landlords to rent their buy…
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Government Determined to Scrap Section 21
That the government plans to scrap Section 21 will be no surprise to any private sector landlord who keeps in touch with what is happening…