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Lenders’ organisation in UK wants stamp duty reformed in 2017

Looking ahead to 2017 the Council of Mortgage Lenders believes that stamp duty needs to be reformed as it is one of the biggest barriers to home ownership. The CML, which represents over 90% of home lenders in the UK, says that the property tax paid by buyers, which rises with the price, is preventing […] The post Lenders’ organisation in UK wants stamp duty reformed in 2017 appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

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Call for energy performance rules to be adjusted for old and historic buildings in UK

A new review into the rules measuring the energy performance of homes in the UK must deliver reform of a system that discriminates against older and historic properties, it is claimed. A consultation on the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) which is used to assess the energy performance of homes has been launched by the Department […] The post Call for energy performance rules to be adjusted for old and historic buildings in UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

Posted on December 27, 2016 by tsiadmin | Posted in 2017, activity, ads, advice, affordability, affordable, AGA, age, annual, ASA, Asia, ban, Brexit, build, building, buildings, business, bust, buy, Buy to Let, Buyers, buying, change, changes, city, commercial, Commercial Property, Company News, construction, consultation, cost, country, data, developer, Developers, Energy, estate, Europe, existing, family, features, finance, Finance Update, fines, first time buyer, first time buyers, fund, government, help, historic, home, home owners, homes, Hong Kong, house, houses, Housing, Index, India, industrial, interest, invest, Investment, investments, land, landlord, Landlords, Leasehold, Leeds Building Society, Legal, lender, Lending, Location, London, market, mortgage, mortgages, move, moving, new, new build, new home, News, office, Offices, older homes, ONS, owner, owners, pace, plant, policy, poll, president, price, prices, prime, Prime Property, private, products, projects, propert, Property, property market, rail, Real Estate, reform, regulation, regulations, rent, rented, research, Residential, review, rules, sales, Scotland, search, sell, Sellers, Shows, sold, Stamp Duty, standard, strategy, tax, Taylor Scott International, Tenants, Transactions, TSI, U, Uk, US, USE, value | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Call for energy performance rules to be adjusted for old and historic buildings in UK

Calls for leasehold new build sales to end in the UK

Newly built homes in the UK are being left unsaleable after catching house buyers in a leasehold property trap, with owners being asked to fork out five figure sums for freeholds, it is claimed. With a 999 year long lease and marketing describing them as ‘virtually freehold’, new build properties are becoming increasingly attractive to […] The post Calls for leasehold new build sales to end in the UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

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