Getting to know… Bury St Edmunds

[ad_1] Our new spotlight series starts in Bury St Edmunds, a beautifully quaint market town which is nestled in a charming corner of Suffolk. If you’re one of the thousands of home-movers considering an escape to the country, we’d love to show you why Bury St Edmunds could be your next move. We’ve spoken to…

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Explore the UK’s most expensive villages

[ad_1] It’ll probably come as no surprise to you that demand for village life has absolutely sky-rocketed this year. Agents across the UK have told us that they’re witnessing a ‘rural renaissance’ as people make plans to move out to the countryside for a new, quieter lifestyle. So we thought it’d be fun to show…

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Oscar Wilde’s former home is now for sale |

[ad_1] The Chelsea flat where the eccentric playwright and poet Oscar Wilde lived for ten years is up for grabs. The historical residence on Tite Street is where the writer, known for his wit and flamboyant personality, created some of his greatest work and enjoyed the height of his fame. It was here that Wilde…

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Managing applications is made quicker and simpler

[ad_1] Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Peshkova/Shutterstock.com I’m pleased to announce that as of last week (Monday 10 August), the View My Applications (VMA) enhancement is available to all portal users. View My Applications allows customers to search, view and filter their applications directly from 1 screen and view the status of each application. The other…

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As possession hearings restart, new rules for proceeding with evictions

[ad_1] Courts in England and Wales had been due to reopen for possession hearings on 24 August – which was great relief for landlords who’ve been trying to evict tenants, for good reason, since before the pandemic began. But, on Friday 21 August, the Housing Secretary announced that the ban on eviction action was being extended for another 4…

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Stamp Duty tax breaks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

[ad_1] Stamp Duty Land Tax, as it is called in England, is the tax you pay when you buy a property. Much like income tax, it’s banded, with a different rate applied to different portions of the purchase price. Bands and rates are different in Wales, which has a Land Transaction Tax, and Scotland, where…

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Are there any property ‘hotspots’ worth investing in 2020?

[ad_1] Most investors want to know about hotspots. Is there a place and type of property that will give you returns and capital growth at a rate that’s significantly above average? If so, surely everyone would want to invest there…and that’s often the problem! In reality, by the time a location has been publicly labelled…

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