HomeOwners Alliance
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Regulation & Law
Ministers under pressure to ban ‘conditional selling’ by estate agents
New campaign by FT Advisor backed by HomeOwners Alliance wants mortgage brokers to lobby their MPs and ask questions at PMQs in Parliament.
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Too many property listings are breaking the rules – claim
HomeOwners Alliance reveals significant numbers of properties listed on the portals fail to provide the legally required info.
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Vendors and buyers reveal shocking conveyancing ignorance
Research by the HomeOwners Alliance has found that only two out of five adults understand conveyancing.
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Estate agents ‘failing to give flat buyers basic material information’
Paula Higgins of the HomeOwners Alliance tells MPs potential buyers are often not told whether a flat is leasehold or freehold.
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Rightmove may endorse ‘modern method’ auctions but they lack transparency, says critic
Richard Copus wonders if buyers and sellers understand the downsides of MMoA or that each referral can earn agents big fees.
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Features
Scrap stamp duty!
HomeOwners Alliance calls on the Government to scrap Stamp Duty… or give a 12-month Stamp Duty holiday to kick start home sales, says CEO Paula Higgins.
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The Homeowners Alliance now blames builders for the state of peoples’ homes!
The Homeowners Alliance frequently castigates estate agents for their repeated failures to please homeowners and movers… now it’s all the builders’ fault! Which makes a change, at least. Homeowners, according to the new research, do not make improvements to their homes because of the costs; because of having to pay VAT and because good builders are hard to find… and when they do find one, homeowners then break the law by paying in cash. Almost half of homeowners (42%) hit a brick wall finding a builder (pardon the pun). A third (31%) pay cash to avoid VAT to afford home improvements (criminal). 8 in 10 (79%) homeowners have faced obstacles with their home improvement plans – levels highest in London at 87% Difficulty finding a reliable builder is top obstacle – approximately 7.2 million homeowners (42%) affected VAT costs are deterring almost a quarter (23%) – roughly 4 million homeowners – a much bigger issue than Brexit (15%) A third (31%) – approximately 5.3 million homeowners confess to paying cash to avoid VAT costs on home improvements ‘SHOCKING’ DELAYS The Homeowners Alliance also says that Planners are to blame. “… planning permission is stopping or delaying 27% of homeowners from…
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300,000 property transactions fall through every year
Research by YouGov has revealed how 300,000 property transactions a year fall apart mainly due to buyers pulling out
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