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Home warranty certificates – are they worth the paper they are written on?
Posted: 08/10/2021
Where a new home is being constructed, it is essential for it to be constructed under a new home warranty scheme that will be acceptable to a registered provider and their lender, and any lender to a shared ownership purchaser. NHBC offers new home warranties for around 80 per cent of the new completions, but other providers are entering the market......>>
Forget me knot? New guidance gives hope to those affected by Japanese knotweed
Posted: 08/10/2021
RICS, working with the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Select Committee and DEFRA, has produced a draft guidance note on Japanese knotweed and its impact on residential property. The new draft guidance is intended to create confidence that the presence of knotweed does not need to be a death sentence for home sales......>>
Landlord's fixtures - When is a door not a door?
Posted: 14/07/2021
‘When is a door not a door? When it's ajar!’ is a joke which used to appear in Christmas crackers. Now the Court of Appeal in the case of Marlborough Knightsbridge Management Limited v Thierry Gilles Fivaz has answered the question - is the front door of a leasehold flat a landlord's fixture? The answer is, it's not......>>
Getting up to standard: shifting the built environment towards net zero
Posted: 15/04/2021
According to the Climate Change Committee, the independent body which advises the Government on emissions targets, buildings account for 34% of total UK greenhouse gas emissions. Understandably, following the Government’s commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, regulations covering the built environment...…>>
The new SDLT surcharge for non-UK resident buyers
Posted: 29/01/2021
New rates of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) will be introduced shortly, for purchasers of residential property in England and Northern Ireland who are not resident in the UK. The new rates will be 2% higher than those that apply to purchases made by UK residents and will apply from 1 April 2021...…>>

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