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Housing market set for busiest December in over a decade
- November 25, 2020
- Posted by: hopkinslaw
- Category: Conveyancing, Property Law
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The housing market is set for the busiest December in over a decade as buyers rush to beat the stamp duty deadline, Zoopla has forecast. The property website estimates that there will be 140,000 completions next month, the highest December figure since 2006 when there were 158,000. It says that agreed during the week to
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Leaseholds Banned For New Build Houses
- June 28, 2019
- Posted by: hopkinslaw
- Category: Conveyancing, Property Law
James Brokenshire MP has announced that all new-build houses will be sold as freehold unless in “exceptional circumstances.” Speaking at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference today, Brokenshire detailed a range of measures and changes to the British housing landscape that will affect both residential homeowners and renters. As well as banning leasehold sales of
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New-Build Leaseholds To Be Outlawed
- December 22, 2017
- Posted by: hopkinslaw
- Category: Conveyancing, Property Law
Legislation to ban leaseholds on almost all new-build houses is among the measures promised by communities secretary Sajid Javid to cut out unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system. The government also said it would work with the Law Commission to make the process of purchasing a freehold or extending a lease much easier,
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Stamp Duty 2017
- November 23, 2017
- Posted by: hopkinslaw
- Category: Conveyancing, Property Law
The Chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled the Government’s financial plans in the 2017 Autumn Budget – including abolishing stamp duty for many first-time buyers.
