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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…
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Guidance for tenants on the changes to the Right to Buy scheme.
This collection brings together the government's 'how to' guides for the housing sector.
This is an introductory welcome guide for children under 18 who are moving from Ukraine to England under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
A guide to selling a home in England and Wales.
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Advice for British people buying property in Bulgaria, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
Guidance from the British Embassy on buying, renting or letting property in the United Arab Emirates.
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
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A guide to starting and growing a business from home.
Good practice guide for landlords who live in the same property as their tenants.
This guide sets out essential information for British nationals wanting to buy property in Egypt.
Guidance for landlords who have let or who intend to let a property on an assured shorthold tenancy.
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