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Only 2% of landlord licenses have been issued by Liverpool Councils

10 February, 20160 Comments
Following a Freedom of Information request from the NLA it was found that Liverpool City Council has issued just 2% of licensing applications since launching its citywide landlord licensing scheme in April last year. To show comparison, the London Borough of Newham processed 74% of their applications in the same time. The news comes as
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Number of “UK Mansions” doubles in 5 years

10 July, 20140 Comments
With recent presentations for action being a Mansion Tax being put ahead on a close-to-monthly basis, we revisit the prickly question of how to really specify a “mansion”. Early brought ahead in September 2009 by the Liberal Democrats was the scheme of presenting a new yearly tax on high-value property. The basic proposal was for
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VROOM with a view! – Garages to be converted into tiny homes.

25 February, 20140 Comments
[UPDATE] Feb 25th 2014 The Olympic East Village scheme scooped the top prize at this year’s London Planning Awards; the Mayor’s Award for Planning, along with Category 4: ‘Best New Place to Live’. ‘Pop-Up Hawse’ received a commendation in the ‘Best Conceptual Project’ category of the awards – for ‘the innovative, challenging and topical exploration of
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Can buy to let be a short-term investment ?

16 August, 20130 Comments
It was reported at the end of July that over half of the landlords who entered the property market so far this year have done so for short-term gain, enticed by the low rates that the Funding for Lending Scheme has helped to encourage. This is despite the warnings contained in the same report, issued
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New Stimulus Packages Announced.

15 June, 20121 Comments
In his annual Mansion House policy speech yesterday Mervyn King, Governor of The Bank of England, announced that more than £100 billion pounds will be injected into the UK’s struggling economy, in response to the worsening economic outlook. Working alongside the government, The Bank Of England will provide billions of pounds of cheap long-term funding to
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