Recent Articles in Renovating property checklists

Comprehensive price report from Kate Faulkner - July 2021
Jul 21, 2021

This report is to help give everyone – industry and consumers – a quick five minute guide to what’s happening in the property market, according to the property indices, along with property expert Kate Faulkner’s comments. Read more to find out which cities and towns are performing well or struggling; how to use the town/city data when buying or selling or assessing your own property market as a professional; why demand and supply can be very different for a sale and for a purchase within a local area and much more.

Planning appeal vs resubmission – which should you choose?
Jul 14, 2021

It’s that moment anyone involved in property development fears: the council has decided on your planning application and it’s a no. The question is: what do you do next? Read more to find out whether you should choose to appeal or resubmit your application.

Easiest places to get planning permission in the UK and ones to avoid - may be!
Jul 7, 2021

Thanks to some analysis on planning permissions applied for in 2020, ‘metals4u’ have identified where planning permission is given and rejected. In 2020, 359,013 Brits applied for planning permission and by far the majority (87%) were granted, but that left 46,672 applications denied. Find out the best and worst places to get planning permission and what the next steps are if you're thinking of applying for planning.

Possible Capital Gains Tax changes for landlords?
Jun 23, 2021

Interest has been rising with regards to Capital Gains Tax in the last few years for landlords. There have been persistent rumours about a possible increase in the rate of Capital Gains Tax but nothing as yet coming to fruition. This blog covers a second report that has been produced by the Office of Tax Simplification which has made some recommendations on possible changes to the tax system and how some of the recommendations could affect landlords. Read more here.

Do you live in a Japanese Knotweed hotspot?
Jun 4, 2021

Japanese Knotweed is one of many invasive plants that could affect the purchase or sale of a property, but also if you don't know to look out for it, could cause homeowners a lot of damage as it is an extremely powerful plant. Read more about Japanese Knotweed here.