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New home lending falls in Australia as stamp duty costs rise
The number of new home loans being approved in Australia fell slightly in October, down 0.4% month on month and are now 2.4% below a year ago, the latest published data shows. The number is likely to ease back towards the end of 2017 as fewer new homes are being built, according to the Housing […] The post New home lending falls in Australia as stamp duty costs rise appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Call for rental housing database in the UK
The British Government should create a central database of house holders in rented properties as an alternative to the current system of tenant funded credit and reference checks, it is claimed. According to a new policy paper from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) the proposed database would hold landlord references and past rental […] The post Call for rental housing database in the UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Landlords adapting to change in UK but rents will rise as a result
Private rented sector landlords in the UK are adapting to changes brought on by the Government but rents are set to rise as a result, a new analysis report suggests. Buy to let landlords have seen changes to stamp duty which means now paying an extra 3%, have to carry out immigration checks on new […] The post Landlords adapting to change in UK but rents will rise as a result appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →