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Home buyers could be forced to pay a higher rate of Stamp Duty if they buy a home with a poor Energy Performance Certificate. The proposal would be introduced alongside the Government’s £90bn Green Deal scheme in 2012, by which householders will be offered ‘free’ green makeovers by energy companies, local councils or DIY chains. [...]

Letting agents have told Arla that rented accommodation stock is lower than ever before. Almost three-quarters of the letting agent body’s members said they have more people looking for properties than available houses on their books. Ian Potter, operations manager of Arla, stated that the spring season usually sees an upturn in the number of [...]

Tritax, one of the largest independent property specialists, has sold the 8 buildings that comprise the balance of the original Birmingham Brindleyplace Fund to Moorfield and Hines for £190 million. The deal represents a 7.2% pa compound return to the fund income unitholders and a 7.8% pa compound to those holding capital units. Brindleyplace was [...]

Andy Young, chief executive at Landlord Centre takes a look at the results of its Property Investor Profile for Q2 2010. The profile tracks the product choices and demographics of landlords arranging buy-to-let mortgages via Landlord Centre’s specialist processing unit. Buy-to-let mortgages offered in Q2 2010 Average loan size: £109,712 Average loan to value: 64.5% [...]

Poorly-prepared inventories could be costing landlords millions of pounds each year, according to new research. The Video Inventory Agency claims that the number of disputes between landlords and tenants is growing each year – with 23,500 occurring in 2009 in the UK, reports Property Wire. Three years ago, the introduction of the Tenancy Deposit Protection [...]