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Find out how the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) calculates rateable values for business rates.
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
Squatting is when someone deliberately enters property without permission…
A non-residential property is any building or land that is not designed to…
A long-term squatter can become the registered owner of property or land…
HM Land Registry will tell you if squatters apply for legal ownership of…
You can remove squatters using an interim possession order (IPO) or making…
You may be classed as homeless if you’re squatting. Get advice from…
How to work out your taxable capital gain or loss if you are not resident in the UK and are making direct or indirect disposals of UK property or land.
Information on legal requirements and advice for British nationals buying or renting property in Spain.
How to search for information about property and land in England and Wales - find out who owns it, how much was paid for it, how to get a scanned copy of the deeds and how to check the property...
Find out how to work out the value of your property and get information about pre-return banding checks.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
You can confirm your property details or report any changes to them by submitting a check to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
Check if you have to pay the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) surcharge from 1 April 2021 for buyers of residential property in England and Northern Ireland who are not resident in the UK.
About your property boundaries, working out your boundary lines, boundaries and neighbour disputes, agreeing who's responsible for walls and fences
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