{"id":4023069,"date":"2019-03-01T14:19:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T14:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=4023069"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:30:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:30:21","slug":"the-buy-to-let-bulletin-stamp-duty-court-cases-londons-top-commuter-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/the-buy-to-let-bulletin-stamp-duty-court-cases-londons-top-commuter-towns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buy-to-let Bulletin: Stamp duty court cases & London’s top commuter towns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest news from the UK property market. <\/strong>While Brexit and parliament continue to dominate headlines, the property world continues to move on.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Property investment in North-west tops highest level in over a decade<\/h4>\n

Ending\u00a02018 on a high, the\u00a0north-west<\/a> recorded \u00a31bn of property investment deals in the final quarter. This was the second-best regional performance in the UK with the north-west only being beat out by the south-east. Read the full report on North-west property investment here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Stamp<\/a>Stamp duty loss in court for the UK government<\/h4>\n

A landmark court case found that\u00a0buyers purchasing\u00a0uninhabitable properties\u00a0shouldn\u2019t have to pay\u00a0the extra\u00a0stamp duty surcharge on second homes. \u00a0Read more about how property Investors and developers could bypass second-home stamp duty<\/a> if property is uninhabitable<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>‘Right to rent’ checks breach human rights – High Court<\/h4>\n

The “right to rent” scheme, which requires landlords to check the immigration status of tenants. Has been found by the High Court “discriminatory” and breach human rights laws. Read the full report on the BBC<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Rents on the rise, as Landlords pass on the extra costs to tenants<\/h4>\n

ARLA Propertymark\u2019s latest PRS report has revealed that there has been a 7% increase in the number of tenants experiencing rents this year. With 26% of agents seeing buy to let landlords increase rents, increasing over last December. Read more about Landlord rental increases.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>In 2052, you might need a hover car to get a foot on the property ladder<\/h4>\n

The latest research by one of London\u2019s largest independent letting and sales agents, Benham and Reeves, has looked at the current struggle facing the nation\u2019s first-time buyers (FTBs) and how this could increase over the next 34 years for those born today. First-time buyers born today could be paying \u00a31.2m for a foot on the ladder \u2013 \u00a34.5m in London.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>London’s top commuter towns revealed<\/h4>\n

Research by Totally Money has revealed the best places to live and commute into London, with Hertfordshire coming out on top as London\u2019s best commuter hotspot for 2019. See the top 10 London commuter hotspots.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Brexit\"<\/a>World\u2019s top wealth fund puts billions into Britain<\/h4>\n

The world\u2019s largest sovereign wealth fund is taking a 30-year bet that Britain will emerge from Brexit stronger outside the European Union.\u00a0 Read the full article on The Times.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest news from the UK property market. While Brexit and parliament continue to dominate headlines, the property world continues to move on. Property investment in North-west tops highest level in over a decade Ending\u00a02018 on a high, the\u00a0north-west recorded \u00a31bn of property investment deals in the final quarter. This was the second-best regional… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1585,"featured_media":12594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,59,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4023069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buy-to-let-landlords","category-trending-news","category-uk-housing-market"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4023069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097548,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023069\/revisions\/6097548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4023069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4023069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4023069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}