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Hi all, I’m considering selling my main residence and moving into a rental property I own. Given I will be selling my main residence, if I buy another within 3 years, will I be able to claim the stamp duty refund? Or will it not apply because I’ll be moving into the rental property I own in the interim and therefore that would be deemed my main residence so unless I sold the rental property, I would post second home stamp duty? Additionally, Is anybody aware of the qualifying

I would prefer to long term lease my properties to a local HA/Charity to give those really in proper need some stability. I realise there will be a lot more homeless to come, especially those who have never been in this situation before with furlough about to end etc... But... I can't find any HA/Charity in Torbay that taken on owners properties directly. I know Mr Mellors (via this site) does this for another part of the country, so I am looking for any contact please that

In discussion with a planner, I was notified that the latest local plan had been recently approved. The plan includes a charge of £50k for every new dwelling approved by the London Borough of Hackney. This is in addition to the Community Infrastructure Levy and a section 106 agreement. The Consultation period was early 2016 to early 2017. I was not in the country. I submitted an application to convert a non-residential building to residential use before the plan was adopted, b

In a Hm Treasury press release Rishi Sunak is taking credit for house sales rising 15.6% in August following the introduction of the stamp duty holiday. However, Rishi does not point out that HMRC annual sales figures are down 23.9% and a great deal of the August increase can be account for by pent-up demand releasing since lockdown. "After a 14.5% rise in July, residential property transactions in August rose a further 15.6% as more people decided to buy a new home or move house.

I am thinking of purchasing a property currently used as offices and converting them into residential. Property bought in 1998 and owner uses this as offices as he always has done. Previous to this the current owner believes it was a shop with residential accommodation above...

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Milton Keynes Wednesday 21st October The events will be held Online and Attendees can expect first-class speakers and great networking opportunities....

Eviction and housing law specialist solicitors, Landlord Action, have partnered with the Property Redress Scheme to provide a first of its kind service to help landlords regain possession of their properties. Landlords who use Landlord Action to serve notice on their tenants and start the process of eviction can choose to simultaneously use the Property Redress Scheme’s mediation service to come to a resolution outside of court....

The sustained attack on private landlords has intensified during the Covid-19 epidemic and is now off the scale in terms of the injustice being perpetuated against landlords. Some of the key injustices are identified below. These merit a decisive response from the bodies representing landlords and letting agents....