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The Telegraph has published an article on challenging double council tax charges.  The article can be read here (subscription may be necessary), and says that Second home owners across England are challenging controversial new council tax premiums as local authorities...

Money Saving Expert has published an article on checking if an HMRC tax refund letter is genuine. It can be seen here and says HMRC is in the process of sending up to four million tax refund letters to workers and pensioners across the UK this summer—but with scammers...

The BBC has published an article on the immigration status of benefit claimants. It can be seen here, and says For the first time, the government has published official figures showing the immigration status of people claiming Universal Credit (UC) — revealing that...

A North London landlord’s attempt to raise the rent on a Wembley flat has backfired, after a tribunal ruled that the property’s poor condition warranted a rent reduction instead. Rent Increase Backfires Tenant Ghanem Almasarir challenged a rent increase notice served...

A Manchester father has spoken out after falling victim to an elaborate rental scam, which saw him lose £2,000 to a woman falsely claiming to be the landlord of a property that was, in fact, an active Airbnb listing. The Scam: “Amy” Poses as Landlord Ben Echianu, a...

London landlords are once again under political and media fire for supposedly fuelling runaway rents. But new analysis by Benham and Reeves tells a very different story – one that shows real-terms rents have barely budged over the past decade. Despite average monthly...

The Telegraph is reporting that bigger tax bills wipe out profits from flipping property.  It can be seen here, and says Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision not to extend the stamp duty discount has dealt a heavy blow to short-term property investors, with property...

Writing in the Negotiator, Neli Borisova, a Senior Associate in the Commercial Litigation team at JMW Solicitors outlines her views of the problems letting agents might face with the Renters Rights Bill, saying: With the much-discussed Renters’ Rights Bill continuing...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil a new permanent mortgage guarantee scheme next week aimed at helping first-time buyers secure home loans with as little as a 5% deposit—even during economic downturns. Branded as Freedom to Buy, the initiative is designed to...

A tenant advice group led by a husband-and-wife team has issued a new set of public-facing guidelines encouraging renters to assert their legal rights when facing issues with damp and mould. The couple behind Tenant Angels—identified on the firm’s website as Daniel...