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Tougher lending criteria and tax change set to affect majority of UK landlords
The majority of landlords in the UK believe they will be affected by the new tougher mortgage affordability tests and by income tax changes due to be introduced in April of this year. Some 60% said they believe they will be directly affected by income tax relief changes but 29% said that they would not, […] The post Tougher lending criteria and tax change set to affect majority of UK landlords appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
First ever garden villages to be built in England with support from Government funds
Details of the first ever garden villages to be built across England which will have the capacity to provide 48,000 new homes have been published. The 14 new garden villages are an expansion of the Government’s existing garden towns programmes and will be smaller projects of between 1,500 and 10,000 homes. Three new garden town […] The post First ever garden villages to be built in England with support from Government funds appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
More family homes being built in the UK and fewer flats
New homes being built in the UK are bigger with more bedrooms as changes in demand mean it is family homes that people want to buy, new research shows. The number of bedrooms being built increased from 385,000 in 2008/2009 to 478,000 in 2015/2016, according to an analysis report from the Home Builders Federation (HBF). […] The post More family homes being built in the UK and fewer flats appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →