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Tenants shouldn't be made to feel guilty The general consensus is that it’s cheaper to buy than it is to rent and in many areas, this can be proven to be true, especially if you know how to play with the statistics or use averages! However, the
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Javid speaks to the National Housing Federation “The question I keep coming back to is very simple… would a fire like this [Grenfell] have happened in a privately owned block of luxury flats?” – Sajid Javid In his address to the National Housing Federation Conference, Secretary of State Sajid Javid announced
Grenfell and the broken housing market Housing and Planning Minister Alok Sharma addressed the RESI Conference 2017 on fixing the ‘broken housing market’, which he said must be a combined effort between the government and industry. If you didn’t make it to Resi, here are the key points: Lessons
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En suites, what's the real story? It is widely agreed that adding an en suite bathroom will usually add value to your property, make it more appealing to buyers and, not least, ease the pressure on the family bathroom at busy times. Experts at Homebuilding and Renovating magazine,
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