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How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Midlands Region, Mrs Anthea Rawlence MRICS and Mrs Kay Bentley on 11 February 2021
Information on laws and taxes for British nationals who want to buy property in Cyprus.
This collection brings together the government's 'how to' guides for the housing sector.
This document contains the following information: A House for the future; reform of the House of Lords.
Practical advice to consider when purchasing a property in India.
Residential Property Tribunal decision of Mrs E Filnt and Mr R Waterhouse on 27 October 2022
Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
A guide to buying a home in England and Wales.
This guide is to help current and prospective tenants ensure that a rented property is safe to live in.
This consultation seeks views on the future of the bonus, from 2022/23 onwards. It covers a number of options for reforming the programme to provide an incentive which is more focused and targeted on ambitious housing delivery.
Report examining the buying aspirations and expectations of households who do not currently own their home.
A consultation on changes to Part 6, Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations for dwellings and non-domestic buildings and seeking evidence on Part O.
Sets out the government's plans for housing and planning following the announcements in the 2020 Budget.
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
Technical documents providing detail on the Home Energy Model: Future Homes Standard Assessment methodology.
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