Legal

PRS issues further guidance on unfair lettings agent fees in UK

Posted by on 02/03/2015 at 9:30 am

  Published by Property Wire on Friday, 27 February 2015   The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has issued further guidance on unfair fees being charged by letting agents in the UK. The PRS is one of three consumer redress schemes authorised by the government whose role it is to provide fair and reasonable resolutions to […]

Stamp Duty Land Tax Bill receives first House of Lords reading

Posted by on 16/01/2015 at 8:54 pm

  Published by TSO – Have Your Say on Saturday, 16 January 2015   The ‘Stamp Duty Land Tax Bill (HLB 80) has received its first reading in the House of Lords, and has begun its journey through the Lords to be passed into law. The Bill makes changes to the way that Stamp Duty […]

Warning to UK home owners over invasive plant controls

Posted by on 07/01/2015 at 3:02 pm

  Published by Property Wire on Friday, 02 January 2015   Buyers and sellers in the UK are being advised to check for signs of the invasive Japanese knotweed plant in gardens, or else they could face criminal prosecution. The government has announced measures aimed at controlling the spread of non-native plants, including the invasive […]