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Regulation & Law
Council tax changes push second homes onto holiday market
Rent campaigners are calling for councils to license holiday lets, warning they are driving families out of their communities.
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Regulation & Law
Scotland grants councils ‘shock’ unlimited second homes tax powers
'Reckless' Greens 'railroad' through amendment giving Scottish councils free rein to impose uncapped council tax premiums on second homeowners.
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Regulation & Law
Welsh agents vent frustration over second homes council tax hike
Welsh experience of huge council tax rises for second homes should ‘serve as a warning to England’.
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Regulation & Law
Big council’s radical second-homes taxes prompt 12% fall in house prices
The targeting of second homes and holiday lets by Welsh council has led to big falls in the value of all homes in just three months.
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Welsh tourism chief claims hiking council tax for second homes is ‘not working’
Tourism Alliance’s Suzy Davies believes the sale of second homes is ‘not improving the supply of affordable housing’.
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Housing Market
Council tax hikes for second homes spark mass sell-off
The number of second homes for sale in Pembrokeshire trebled after owners hit with 200% council tax premiums.
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Regulation & Law
Britain warned it’s next after 300% Council Tax lands
Glentree International's Trevor Abrahmsohn warns Edinburgh's 300% Council Tax premium could be applied to the rest of Britain.
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Regulation & Law
Second homeowners face decision tomorrow on 300% council tax premium
"Second homeowners who are facing a steep Council Tax rise may sell up," warns Tom Durbin St George, of Moving Compared.
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Housing Market
Burnham’s property tax plans dismissed by Tories
Mel Stride, Shadow Chancellor, says Andy Burnham's proposals for a land value tax would represent “a huge tax rise".
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Regulation & Law
More will pay Mansion Tax under Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham is understood to be planning to lower the Mansion Tax threshold to £1.5million, if he becomes Prime Minister.
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