Conveyancers To Prepare For Changes To Capital Gains Tax Deadlines (TC)
Conveyancers need to be prepared for the changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on clients’ second homes.
Abolishing Section 21 ‘will create sitting tenancies and rent controls’ – warning (PIE)
One of the country’s leading newspaper columnists has laid into government plans to abolish Section 21 – the means landlords have of claiming back properties without having to give a […]
Property industry calls on Chancellor to release 500,000 home owners trapped by cladding scandal (TN)
Consumer, property management, campaigning and freeholder groups all urge Rishi Sunak to release funds to help home owners trapped in unviable ACM-clad buildings.
Lawyer warns online agency clients to beware of email signatures (EAT)
Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks.
Expert Warns Government About Future Flood-Prone Developments (TC)
The Environment Agency Chief Executive has urged the government to only approve developments on high-risk flood plains when there is ‘no real alternative’.
New Homes Ombudsman to End Shoddy Developments (TC)
The government are ploughing ahead with plans to introduce a New Homes Ombudsman.
Warning: Invoices misusing the name Eversheds Sutherland
Invoices have been sent, falsely claiming to be from Eversheds Sutherland.
Warning: Email misusing the name of Stephen Pollard of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
An email has been sent, falsely purporting to be from Stephen Pollard of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Agents asked to confess if their firm has been price-fixing (EAT)
A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their business has been involved in a price fixing cartel.
Government details Help to Buy reforms (MS)
The government has confirmed the regional price caps that the Help to Buy scheme will incorporate from April 2021 to March 2023 as well announcing further reforms.
Some homeowners regret buying their property
Nearly half (44%) of British homeowners would not buy their home again if given the chance, research from home interior company www.Hillarys.co.uk found.
500,000 Trapped In Unsafe Homes (TC)
Over half a million people could still be living in unsafe buildings clad in flammable materials.