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Guidance to help prevent care leavers becoming homeless

Guidance to help prevent care leavers becoming homeless...

New guidance for councils to help ensure care leavers have the stable homes they need and prevent them from becoming homeless has been published by Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing Kelly Tolhurst.

Office for Budget Responsibility, Savills and Knight Frank forecast growth into 2024

Office for Budget Responsibility, Savills and Knight Frank forecast...

A recent market forecast by a wealth of industry experts, including the OBR (Office for Budget Responsibility), Savills, and Knight Frank, concluded that house price growth should increase by a further...

Golden Visa Opportunities: The Top 10 Interesting Programs

Golden Visa Opportunities: The Top 10 Interesting Programs...

Confronted with the high income tax rates in the UK, British citizens have been more interested in alternative taxation programs in recent years. One of them is the Non-Habitual Residency (NHR). According...

Bailiffs suspend enforcing court orders for evictions in Tiers 2 and 3

Bailiffs suspend enforcing court orders for evictions in Tiers...

Bailiff trade bodies have agreed to suspend the enforcement of court order evictions for areas under Tier 2 and 3 restrictions after a request sent from the Justice Secretary Robert Buckland. Buckland...

Continued support for struggling borrowers

Continued support for struggling borrowers...

The Financial Conduct Authority is urging consumers struggling to make repayments due to the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19), to speak to their lenders about options available to them. The FCA has put...

Landlords and tenants should make contingency plans together for winter

Landlords and tenants should make contingency plans together...

After the first national lockdown period, the restrictions on moving homes in England were removed in May 2020, but what impact did the temporary emergency rules on moving into a new house have on renters?

Citizens advice calling for tenant loans and grants in tiers 2 and 3

Citizens advice calling for tenant loans and grants in tiers...

Citizens Advice is reporting on a series of gaps in protections in England that do not align with the coronavirus lockdown tiers and that in some areas, particularly rent and council tax, the lack of broad...

ONS UK House Price Index for August 2020 up 0.7%

ONS UK House Price Index for August 2020 up 0.7%...

The office for National Statistics has released the UK House Price Index summary for August 2020 showing the average price of a property in the UK was now £239,196 reflecting an annual increase of 2.5%...

Capital appreciation covering the costs of running a property

Capital appreciation covering the costs of running a property...

Research from GetAgent.co.uk has found that nearly half of all properties pay for themselves when it comes to the average annual cost of upkeep and the increase in capital appreciation. GetAgent.co.uk...

Welsh temporary lockdown – Is moving home permitted?

Welsh temporary lockdown – Is moving home permitted?

Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, announced A short, sharp “firebreak” will be introduced across Wales at the end of this week to help regain control of coronavirus. The fire-break will start at...

Size matters for the UK average house price of £231k

Size matters for the UK average house price of £231k...

How much space can the UK’s average house price of £231k buy you across the country? Home buyers in the West Midlands can afford almost double the floorspace than those in the South East, according...

Beyond Section 21 Report – The unintended consequences if government doesn’t listen

Beyond Section 21 Report – The unintended consequences...

Following the Government’s announcement and subsequent consultation into repealing Section 21, which received in excess of 20,000 responses, The Lettings Industry Council (TLIC) commissioned a report...

How to prepare for the 2021 Property Market Crash

How to prepare for the 2021 Property Market Crash...

Most property investors believe, that the current property market mini boom won’t last for long, and when the bubble bursts, there will be a property market crash in 2021. What does that mean for you?

Dogs and Domestic Animals (Accommodation and Protection) Bill 2019-21

Dogs and Domestic Animals (Accommodation and Protection) Bill...

A new Parliamentary Private Members’ Bill sponsored by Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford, would seek to give tenants who own a dog or other domestic animal the right to have it live in...

Meet Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) Landlord tax planning strategies – PIN Milton Keynes

Meet Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) Landlord tax planning strategies...

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Milton Keynes Wednesday 21st October The events...

Probably best not to keep deposits in a tin at your Mum’s house!

Probably best not to keep deposits in a tin at your Mum’s...

Mr Mark Bradley from Gourock, Scotland, has been ordered to pay his ex-tenant £1,500 after failing to protect her deposit with an approved deposit protection scheme. On 4 September 2020, following a Case...

Mortgage payment holiday forbearance framework

Mortgage payment holiday forbearance framework...

In a speech by the Director of Consumer and Retail Policy for the FCA, Nisha Arora, it was outlined how lenders should support borrowers forced into taking mortgage payments holidays during the pandemic.

Turnaround in BTL broker confidence compared to last year

Turnaround in BTL broker confidence compared to last year...

Just under half of mortgage intermediaries expect to write more buy-to-let business in the next 12 months, according to Paragon Bank’s Financial Adviser Confidence Tracker (FACT) Index. The index developed...

Tenants now prefer a text?

Tenants now prefer a text?

Using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments provides a range of benefits, according to PayProp who say communicating via text not only saves time and resources, but also...

Winter support package for rough sleepers

Winter support package for rough sleepers...

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced a support package to help keep rough sleepers and those at risk of becoming homeless safe this winter in the press release below: This will give local...

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