A 64-year-old woman from Purley, South London faces almost four years in jail for helping a gang steal and sell properties belonging to vulnerable and elderly owners. Surjeet Chana worked for the Land Registry, and provided the gang, which comprised of drug traffickers, a conveyancing solicitor and a bank manager, with title deeds and ownership [...]
The government’s proposed reforms of Council Tax could provide help to a struggling housing market and should be welcomed by those hoping to get on the property ladder and the majority of home owners. The headlines may be generated by a clamp down on second-home ownership through the abolition of a rebate that can be [...]
The government’s plan to tax second homes more and, thus, target some of the countries’ best-off homeowners could be good news for middle incomers and first-time buyers. Local authorities will be able to levy council tax on properties held as second homes at the full rate rather than the discounted rate, which reduced revenue on [...]
The difficulty first time buyers are experiencing in buying a property is fuelling a steep rise in rents. ***Updated April 2012*** Figures released in August showed that the average rent in June 2011 stood at £876, the highest on record, as people either chose or were forced to continue renting as a result of the [...]
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