Rising Council Tax for Second Homes: Important Updates for Investors 2025 arrives; owners, second homes, face council tax spikes. Bills double. Legislation, housing shortage, yields tax rise. Investors, second homeowners, feel weight. New Legislation Overview Rules empower councils to add up to 100% premium. Holiday areas see marked change. Wales, Scotland mirror action. Homeowners get notice; bills jump...
Proposed Development of 8-Bed HMO on Manchester Road, Bury The submission stands as a document whose intent—being the conversion of an erstwhile private domicile into a communal occupancy structure—is defined by a network of dependencies: the property, formerly organized in isolation, now undergoes a transformation that recombines multiple self-contained bedrooms with a central kitchen/dining...
The Evolving Landscape of Communities and Houses of Multiple Occupancy HMO rise → disrupts resident bonds; longtime locals sense loss. Residents—rooted in deep local ties—now face a surge of transient tenants, universities next to hospitals, and quickly shifting communal links. Stable households once stood close; now shared living schemes insert short stays, fusing family homes with temporary...
Conversion of Unused Office Space into Shared Housing Office space—unused in the town centre—receives council approval as conversion; a former bank building on Ormskirk Street now links its first floor and second floor directly to a multiple occupancy residence, its fourteen bedrooms attached closely as head and dependent. The plan, an urban adjustment, ties local authority intent to attract...
The Rising Popularity of Prenuptial Agreements Prenuptial agreements are called prenups. They grow fast among couples. Reports note prenup requests doubled in one year. Understanding Prenups A prenup is a signed contract. It stands before marriage or a civil union. The contract lists how partners share assets if the bond breaks. In the UK, courts may accept a prenup if no one is forced and all terms are...
Overseas Investment in UK Commercial Real Estate Grows Amid Decline in Value UK commercial real estate declines yet overseas investors gain share. Market value, measured at £949 billion, registers a drop from £1.114 trillion three years past. Analysis, linking market decline with shifting investor control, shows a connection between falling values and overseas capital influx. Investors, overseas and...
Planning Approval for New HMO Development in Hull The council approved a proposal that converts a three‐storey office building into an HMO containing 32 bedrooms. The conversion plan—where the building, the bedrooms, and the council submission all connect—came after a second submission. The site on Beverley Road in Hull, linked directly to local officials and police concerns, had first been rejected...
Unlicensed HMOs in Gravesend Face Significant Fines Gravesend, Kent, sees two unlicensed HMOs incur fines; fines total £27,500. Gravesham Borough Council acts; the landlord on Granville Road, fined £10,000, stands accountable. The managing agent on Parrock Street, fined £17,500, receives penalty. The council drives an inspection; the effort targets unlicensed properties. Landlords must secure a license;...
Plans to Convert Hove HMO into Family Home A nine‐bed house in Hove, located at 10 York Avenue and long used as an HMO since the 1970s with nine tenants, now finds itself the subject of a plan; the owner, whose submission to Brighton and Hove City Council connects each detail to a wider notion of urban re‐use, aims to reconfigure the space into a single-family residence while binding adjoining...
Understanding Council Tax on Second Homes: What Investors Need to Know Council tax and second homes occur in a network of rules. From April 2025, English second home owners face council tax increases. Legislation grants local authorities power to add a premium up to 100% on these homes. This change, mirroring measures in Scotland and Wales, seeks to free local housing by lessening second home pull in busy...
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