{"id":4022804,"date":"2019-02-01T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=4022804"},"modified":"2019-02-01T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:55:55","slug":"top-seven-stories-this-week-in-housing-and-investment-1-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/2019\/02\/01\/top-seven-stories-this-week-in-housing-and-investment-1-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Top seven stories this week in housing and investment: 1 February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s our round-up of the best stories we’ve posted in the last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Landlord and tenants rights in the spotlight, rooftop homes to ease London housing shortage, 100% mortgages are back, interest from Asia in Manchester on the rise, and more…<\/p>\n

1.Landlords and tenants need more help and guidance on rights, says report<\/h4>\n

Issues such as insurance and deposits top the list of most frequently asked questions by landlords according to a new survey by Totally Money.<\/a><\/p>\n

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2.Stamp duty relief sees first-time buyers save over \u00a3570m<\/h4>\n

Over 240,000 first-time buyers took advantage of stamp duty relief in 2018, official statistics have revealed.<\/a><\/p>\n

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3.China and India air links boost interest in Manchester property scene<\/h4>\n

Direct flights to and from Asia and the Far East are resulting in a surge of interest<\/a> in Manchester and the north-west of England.<\/p>\n

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4.Family backing needed in Lloyd\u2019s new 100% mortgage for first time buyers<\/h4>\n

Lloyd\u2019s Bank are to offer 100% mortgages to first-time buyers, providing that a family member can put up 10% of their intended property\u2019s asking price.<\/a><\/p>\n

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5.Housing Court plans backed by think tank<\/h4>\n

Moves to set up a Housing Court to resolve disputes and simplify the current complicated system have been supported by leading think tank.<\/a><\/p>\n

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6.Private sector taking larger slice of student beds market<\/h4>\n

The private sector is becoming increasingly influential in the student accommodation market according to a report looking back at the market in 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n

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7.Rooftop building on the rise after innovative London deal struck<\/h4>\n

Here\u2019s a conundrum: London needs more new homes. London is also crowded. So where can the capital\u2019s much-needed new homes be built? How about on top of existing buildings? Read on…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s our round-up of the best stories we’ve posted in the last week. Landlord and tenants rights in the spotlight, rooftop homes to ease London housing shortage, 100% mortgages are back, interest from Asia in Manchester on the rise, and more… 1.Landlords and tenants need more help and guidance on rights, says report Issues such… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3875,"featured_media":12179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[341,359],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4022804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4022804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4022804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4022804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4022804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4022804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}