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Owning and renting a property

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• Affordable home ownership schemes
• Apply to the land registration tribunal
• Buying or selling your home
• Check the register of fair rents
• Claim compensation if your property is affected by HS2
• Claim for subsidence damage caused by coal mining
• Compensation when a road affects your property's value
• Find an energy assessor
• Find out if a property is affected by coal mining
• Find out if a tenancy has been ended after a tenant's death
• Get information about property and land
• Joint property ownership
• Leasehold property
• Mortgage Interest Run On
• Mortgage Rescue Scheme
• Object to an application to change the land register
• Park (mobile) homes
• Private renting
• Private renting for tenants: tenancy agreements
• Protect your land and property from fraud
• Registering land or property with HM Land Registry
• Registering with a redress scheme as a property agent
• Scaffolding rules
• Search for property information from HM Land Registry
• Search sold property prices
• Stamp Duty Land Tax
• Staying in your partner's property during a divorce or separation
• Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)
• Tax when you sell property
• Tenancy deposit protection
• Track your Part I compensation claim
• Update property records when someone dies
• Your property boundaries

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• Land registration

Housing and local services

A to Z

• Being a landlord and renting out a room

  Includes tenancy agreements, deposit protection scheme and evicting tenants

• Council Tax

  Includes council tax appeals, bands, discounts and reductions

• Council housing and housing association

  Includes Right to Buy, shared ownership and getting repairs

• Household energy

  Includes grants, energy saving and renewable energy for your home

• Local councils and services

  Find and access local services

• Noise, neighbours, pets and pests

  Includes neighbour disputes, reporting noise nuisance, pest control and looking after pets

• Owning and renting a property

  Includes buying and selling your home, compensation, mortgages and property boundaries

• Planning permission and building regulations

  Includes building regulation approvals, planning decisions and party walls

• Recycling, rubbish, streets and roads

  Includes collecting large waste items, garden waste and reporting problems

• Repossessions, emergency housing and evictions

  Includes eviction from private, council and housing association properties, and squatting

• Safety and the environment in your community

  Includes smoke control areas, road safety and crime prevention

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