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By contrast the number of properties for sale dropped by approximately 12,000 in 2011 to 769,077. The volume of let properties increased every quarter in 2011 when compared to 2010 with Q3 seeing the most significant increase of 14.46%. A number of seasonal trends were prevalent...

DCLG have announced changes to the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Regulations that will have a significant impact on all engaged in the sale or letting of property, both residential and commercial. A number of changes will be made to regulation 5A of the Regulations. In...

Hot topics for the Lincoln PIN meeting March 2012 Critical factors make the difference between those that do and those that don?t – Ben Leppier Also… How to turn a nearly fatal financial property auction deal into a multi-million pound exit strategy – Paul Ribbons

DCLG have announced EPC changes from 6th April 2012 that will have a significant impact on all engaged in the sale or letting of property, both residential and commercial. A number of changes will be made to regulation 5A of the Regulations. In general, the onus remains on the...

Key points from the chancellors budget 2012, with our focus on property… The top income tax rate will be reduced to 45% from April next year The stamp duty rate on properties worth more than ?2m via companies will be raised to 15% Labour leader Ed Miliband says millions of...

Observe your roof – stand back and look for missing tiles, check the flashings to the chimney look intact. Check the guttering looks clear with no missing sections. If pebbles, moss and vegetation build up on your roof, then spring and summer are the best times to clear...

Countrywide, the UK’s largest estate agent, is facing an avalanche of legal claims dating back to valuations it gave prior to the credit crunch in 2008. Provisions made in the last two years against legal claims have topped ?21m. The cost in 2011 was ?9.4m, significantly...

The government-backed NewBuy Guarantee Scheme launches today with three lenders and seven housebuilders participating in the scheme. Barclays, Nationwide and NatWest are the first lenders to offer NewBuy mortgages in association with housebuilders although Halifax and Santander...