by peter littlewood | Feb 13, 2023 | Leasehold
Landlords of a block of 38 flats in Southsea, Hampshire, are entitled to vary service charges levied on leaseholders, five Supreme Court justices ruled today in a clarification of part of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. The dismissal of the tenants’ appeal was...
by peter littlewood | Feb 13, 2023 | Tax & Other Financial
John Muellbauer, economics professor at the University of Oxford and a former government adviser has written a report for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the case for overhauling the property tax system and replacing stamp duty and...
by peter littlewood | Feb 13, 2023 | Industry News
The Telegraph has written an opinion piece on why a mass buy-to-let sell off could make the housing crisis even worse. It can be seen here (subscription may be necessary), it starts off by stating that the ‘rise of buy-to-let has overhauled the dynamics of Britain’s...
by peter littlewood | Feb 13, 2023 | Industry News
The Telegraph have reported on a buy-to-let landlord who is selling properties when the tenant gives notice. It’s the tenants who suffer when good quality rental stock is taken out of the sector The article has the sub head ‘It’s the tenants who suffer when good...
by peter littlewood | Feb 13, 2023 | Tax & Other Financial
A recent report by the Resolution Foundation used data from a new YouGov survey of 10,470 UK adults to examine how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting people’s ability to meet their housing costs, how it varies across tenure, and the implications for households’...
