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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…
Find out how to tell HMRC about a real estate election for land or buildings that are taxable for VAT purposes using form VAT1614E.
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
Find out how to apply to be a UK Real Estate Investment Trust if you're a company or group of companies who invests in properties.
This guide sets out essential information for British nationals wanting to buy property in Egypt.
Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court
You must join a redress scheme if you operate as as a residential estate agent, letting agent or in property management.
Guidance to landlords of privately rented non-domestic property on complying with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).
Find out how to ask for authorisation, manage your client's account and how to send returns as an agent.
This measure makes amendments to the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) regime to make it more competitive.
These table present company insolvencies in the real estate activities on a fee or contract basis industry grouping.
This measure makes amendments to the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) regime to enhance its competitiveness.
Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.
Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact
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