Filtered by category "Residential Property"

Guidance on Free Solar Panel Offers Updated

What legal factors do you need to consider when approached by a company offering free solar [...]

Stamp Duty Land Tax: relief for transfers involving multiple dwellings

Revenue produces draft guidance on the proposed stamp duty land tax (SDLT) multiple dwellings [...]

Amendment to ground rent demand notice to long residential leaseholders

The Landlord and Tenant (Notice of Rent) (England) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3096) came into [...]

Watch out for scam when selling your home

A serial conman Keith Fryer aka Mr D Fisher or National Locations www.nationallocations.co.uk [...]

Checklist: residential service charges

Legislation protects residential tenants from excessive service charges. Before entering into [...]

5% Stamp Duty for Residential Property

Since the introduction of SDLT, on 1 December 2003, the top rate of SDLT has been 4%. This [...]

Budget 2011 – Stamp Duty Land Tax Review

The March 2011 budget introduced the following changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) including [...]

Buying in Central London

Overseas buyers now account for almost 50% of all prime central London buyers over the past 5 [...]

Crackdown on Stamp Duty Avoidance Schemes

HM Revenue & Customs has announced it is challenging Stamp Duty Land Tax avoidance [...]

Changes to the furnished holiday lettings rules

The government has recently published revised proposals for new rules on the taxation of [...]