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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…
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
You must join a redress scheme if you operate as as a residential estate agent, letting agent or in property management.
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) asks for rental and lease information to assess the rateable value of non-domestic properties.
We help people, businesses and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. CMA is a non-ministerial department.
Get personalised careers advice and information. Take a skills assessment, explore career profiles, find a course, and get advice on CVs, cover letters and job interviews.
Information about a tax avoidance scheme that tries to disguise income and other taxable profits as loans or fiduciary receipts by using a remuneration trust.
This page contains links to guidance notes and template documents for local authorities and industry to support the delivery of First Homes through developer contributions.
This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)
A collection of guidance about how to protect and enforce your intellectual property. Including information on infringement, counterfeiting and piracy.
The Government Geography Profession was established in 2018 to support geographical expertise across the public sector. Government Geography Profession is part of the Civil Service and the Geospatial Commission .
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
Find a property and get its title plan, title register and see who owns it
Use the online service to update details of an estate, authorise an agent, or close an estate.
Find data and analysis from Census 2021 and earlier censuses.
Information relating to the Renters (Reform) Bill which was introduced to Parliament on 17 May 2023.
The VOA has standards of behaviour we expect of agents.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities supports communities across the UK to thrive, making them great places to live and work. DLUHC is a ministerial department, supported by 15 agencies and public bodies .
Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.
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