Capital gains tax on your home? Left-leaning think tank calls for homeowners to be taxed on house price rises to pay for coronavirus Social Market Foundation proposes 10% ‘property capital gains tax’ Left-wing think-tank calls for levy on all homes sold or inherited The tax would mostly affect middle-aged and older people, who own most … Read more
Capital gains tax on your home? Think tank calls for homeowners to be taxed on house price rises to pay for coronavirus Proposals of 10% ‘property capital gains tax’ on all homes sold or inherited The tax would mostly affect older people, who own most of Britain’s property The current capital gains tax relief on … Read more
SPLASHING the cash! Gut-wrenching moment homeowner’s new £5,000 hot tub slips free from crane’s ropes and crashes 60ft to earth The luxury wood-panelled hot tub slipped and tumbled 60 feet to the ground A woman can be heard screaming in the clip seconds before disaster struck Steaming homeowner said they are expecting a new one … Read more
The recent cut in stamp duty could help boost the property market amid the coronavirus pandemic – but there are a slice of homeowners who are unable to take advantage due to unsafe cladding. They have been unable to sell their homes due to the flammable materials used on their buildings. They are effectively ‘prisoners’ … Read more
There’s been no shortage of double-act super-sleuths over the years — Holmes and Watson, Starsky and Hutch, Morse and Lewis. And now there’s Mick and Mack, two fox red Labrador retrievers, whose mission is to sniff out Japanese knotweed, one of the most invasive plants. It can break through mortar, brickwork, joints in concrete, drains, … Read more
Homeowners with equity release warned they may have been given poor advice: Regulator finds evidence that not all firms give good advice The results of an FCA review of equity release advice firms found ‘significant areas of concern’ in the way some were selling equity release Many advisers were told they are not doing enough … Read more
Switch mortgages early to save: Lenders allow homeowners to move to a better rate four months before end of their current deal By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 16 June 2020 Lenders are allowing homeowners to move to a better rate up to … Read more
Refunds for homeowners denied their annual boiler services during lockdown By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 16 June 2020 Many households were unable to get their the annual boiler services they paid for during lockdown Households denied boiler services during lockdown may be entitled … Read more
Real call of nature: Homeowners report frogs are emerging through sinks and toilets amid fears they are breeding in the underground pipes Three separate chesterfield addresses reported finding frogs in their bathrooms Homeowners believe the creatures have ‘infiltrated their water systems’ One resident said they had been using duct tape to block possible entrances Another, however, warned … Read more
Second home-owners flouting the coronavirus lockdown are posting their luggage through couriers in an attempt to avoid police. Rural crime teams have reported investigating delivery vans carrying suitcases filled with clothes through police checkpoints, so that if families are stopped enroute they will not be found with them. It comes as furious villagers have demanded second … Read more