Property Market News
Building bonanza sparked by plan for 100,000 homes
Housing minister Grant Shapps has signalled a new homes building bonanza by kicking off plans to hand over thousands of acres of public...
Housing Association in talks to trade
Knightstone, the south and west housing association, is looking to downsize its roster of properties they manage by trading with smaller...
Court closures could have knock on effects for landlords
With buy to let landlords experiencing total rent arrears of £284million from tenants not paying each month, the closure of 140 courts...
Falling house prices expected to stabilise later this year
The Halifax House Price Index shows that house prices are continuing to fall slowly but signs of “moderate improvement”...
Directors banned for £3 million landbanking con
Three landbanking scammers were disqualified as directors after they sold worthless farm plots at hugely inflated prices with the fake...
Buy to let landlords maintaining their portfolio size
Just one in one hundred buy to let landlords think now is a good time to reduce their portfolios, according to a survey by LSL Property...
Property tax reliefs listed for scrapping
Pay less stamp duty on a home in a ‘disadvantaged area’ is one of the 36 tax reliefs set for scrapping by the Treasury in a clean-up...