The taxman cometh…
Interesting thoughts voiced here in Property Investor News, (one of our regular reads): “Rumour has it that the Spring Budget will see a rise in taxes across the board to fund the government’s Covid-19 support, with…
Government backs labradors over landlords
Responsible tenants in England with well-behaved pets will be able to secure leases more easily through a new standard tenancy agreement the government has recently announced. Under the new Model Tenancy Agreement, announced by Housing Minister…
Goodbye Grumpy… hello Sleepy?
In the words on the brilliant headline writers at The Sun: “Goodbye Grumpy… hello Sleepy. The world sighed with relief as ‘Sleepy’ Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump in the White House,” earlier this week. ‘Sleepy’ might…
Government says it’s pumping £20 billion into building new homes
A package to build more homes, announced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak, has been welcomed by the housebuilding industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is receiving almost £10bn of funding in the next…
Forget presents – buy a house whilst Stamp Duty is still on its holidays
During this second lockdown whilst we’re mostly all working from home Scrivener Tibbatts is still hard at work for you. This lockdown is different from the first one in that the government has confirmed that the…
If you want to buy a house, go ahead, ignore the doom-mongers
In the Bank of England’s latest quarterly Credit Conditions Survey, it is reported that whilst building societies and banks reported that loans to households – including mortgages – increased over the last quarter, it may…
Was yours one of the most viewed homes this summer? Let’s go, ‘Through the keyhole’
As chartered surveyors we view the outside – and insides – of hundreds of properties every year. Everyone’s obsessed with property. Which is why this article particularly caught our attention in Property Investor Today, this week. The online property…
Her Majesty’s Land Registry opens its files on leases and freeholds
As part of government’s drive to modernise vital information for home buyers is now available to view online for the first time. The datasets, available through HM Land Registry’s new Use land and property data service,…