Hot off the press are The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team's (NTSELAT) first tranche of new rules for agents on improving material information in property listings. The guidance has been developed in partnership with industry leaders and the...
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The 20 Most Colorful Places in the World
Chasing that global rainbow with SARAH DIMARCO @ veranda.com Arashiyama Bamboo Forest in Kyoto, Japan is 1 of 20 most colorful places in the world. Towering bamboo stalks softly swaying in the wind creates a peaceful, verdant escape from the high-energy of Kyoto. Just...
What Opportunities Does the Stamp Duty Holiday Bring to Advisers?
ROB CLIFFORD | STONEBRIDGE @ financialreporter.co.uk Firstly, those opportunities which are not just within the additional property/second home/buy-to-let sphere, because this is a catch-all offering and, at its heart, is once again probably designed to help...
How to Speed up Your House Sale Before the Stamp Duty Holiday is Over
Martina Lees Friday July 24 2020, 12.01am, The Times Will you be going away this stamp duty holiday? Perhaps the desk in your bedroom and the scrap of garden just won’t do in the new normal, or you’ve been itching to move since before the coronavirus lockdown. But how...
Bloomberg CityLab: Behind the Accidentally Resilient Design of Athens Apartments
Feargus O'Sullivan writer for City Lab | Illustrator is Josh KramerAthens polikatoikias — concrete apartments with tiered balconies — were built quickly to create affordable housing, but their design has stood the test of time. On first glance, a typical...
Great Big Story: Step Inside Australia’s Underground Homes
Great Big Story Presents Australia's Underground HomesCoober Pedy is a small desert town in Australia where the entire population lives in underground homes. With outside temperatures hovering over 100 degrees, residents made permanent homes in the cooler temperatures...
CTSI – Working from Home – Scam Alert !!!
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has received evidence of a new scam targeting homeworkers on video communications platform, Zoom. Homeworkers are receiving bogus texts and emails claiming to be from the popular Microsoft platform. One message claims...
PM Boris Johnson: Build, Build, Build
PM: Build, Build, Build FROM: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War, making it easier to build better homes where people want to live. Read more
COVID-19: Ministry of Housing | Guidance for Landlords and Tenants
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Landlords and Tenants Non-statutory guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rented sectors on: 1. Measures relating to notices seeking possession as amended by the Coronavirus Act 2020 2. Court action on...
Property Owners Beware of Fake Property Sales
Fake property sales is when a person or entity, adopts the property owners identity and changes the deed's of the property from your name to another name, primarily their name or theuir company, in order to sell the property and pocket the earnings. This type of...
COVID-19: Financial Support for Businesses
Financial support for businesses during coronavirus (COVID-19) Find out what financial support you can get for your business: Financial support for businesses during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Paying your employees - Paying sick pay - Paying tax - Business rates relief...