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New house prices edge up 0.1% month on month in Canada
New house prices edged up 0.1% in January with new homes in Ontario largely responsible for the rise, according to the latest index. Among the 27 metropolitan areas covered by the index from Statistics Canada, new housing prices were up in 14, down in seven and unchanged in six. Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo recorded the biggest month on […] The post New house prices edge up 0.1% month on month in Canada appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Lettings industry urged to be careful about deposit deductions following legal case
Letting agents and landlords in the UK are being urged to be careful with deposit deductions if they cannot prove what they are for in the wake of a court case. The warning from the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) follows a court case in Bristol where a group of tenants claimed back over […] The post Lettings industry urged to be careful about deposit deductions following legal case appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Failure to address stamp duty in UK housing market is stifling activity, it is claimed
After the hope generated by the Government’s recent housing white paper that it is serious about sorting the crisis hit housing market, it may have delivered counterproductive blow by failing to address the issue of stamp duty. There was hope in the housing industry that Chancellor Philip Hammond would take on board concerns that the […] The post Failure to address stamp duty in UK housing market is stifling activity, it is claimed appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →