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Half of landlords are not prepared for Right To Rent claims survey


A survey of 5,000 landlords suggests that 50 per cent of them are not prepared for the introduction of Right To Rent in under two weeks from now. Some 20 per cent believed that they had until April 2017 to prepare for the changes while three per cent believed they had until 2018 to get […]

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Agents ponder ‘legal avoidance’ of 3% stamp duty surcharge


Agents ponder ‘legal avoidance’ of 3% stamp duty surcharge Estate agents and accountants are investigating whether there are legal ways of circumnavigating the three per cent stamp duty surcharge that will be imposed on buy to let and second home purchases from April. Charles Curran of Maskells Estate Agents says: “We will need to see […]

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