Ref: Taken from Property Eye The number of younger people who are home owners has fallen by over a third in the last 20 years, the housing minister has confirmed.…
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Landlords guide to stamp duty changes
From 1 April 2016, anyone who buys additional property, including buy-to-lets and second homes, will have to pay an extra 3% of the purchase price in stamp duty. Read this…
RIGHT TO RENT IMMIGRATION CHECKS FOR LANDLORDS, AGENTS AND SUB-LETTINGS
Under Section 22 of the Immigration Act 2014 a landlord must not authorise an adult to occupy property as their only or main home under a residential tenancy agreement unless…
Half of all home movers go just nine miles or less
Taken from Property Eye Figures from home removals websites Reallymoving.com, based on analysis of 200,000 quotes, found that half of all moves were nine miles or less from a previous…
BUY-TO-LET AND SECOND HOMES
Higher stamp duty payable from April 2016 Taken from IMA Mortgage Advisors Buy-to-let landlords and people buying second homes from April this year will have to pay a 3% surcharge…
Should viewers take their shoes off – and do you insist?
Review of a recent article in Property Eye Do your viewers take their shoes off when they go into homes? We are asking because the issue was raised in an…
People now moving homes every 19 years (not the eight it used to be)
Turnover of homes has drastically slowed over the last 30 years, new figures reveal. As people stay longer in their homes, properties are now changing hands at an average of…
So, when was that house built? See how you get on with this quiz
Here’s the latest quiz from those fine people at Fine & Country. It’s a particularly interesting one to do – which EYE’s editor says with commendable lack of rancour, having…
Last-time buyers could be key to solving housing crisis, claim – Property Industry Eye
Meeting the needs of last-time buyers could prove crucial in solving Britain’s housing crisis, according to a Legal and General report. Research carried out by the group shows there are…
Landlords sell rented properties only once every 17 years
Landlords trade their properties only every 17 years, compared with 14 years for the average home owner. The finding is by Countrywide, which says that landlords are holding properties for…
