Research Briefing
Mobile (park) homes
This paper provides an overview of the rights of residents who live year-round on mobile (park) home sites and proposals to improve protections for residents in England.
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Research Briefing
Mobile (park homes): 10% commission on sales
This paper explains the requirement to pay 10% commission on the sale price of a mobile (park) home to the site owner and provides information on the various reviews of that requirement.
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Constituency casework
Help with paying for historical fire safety work: high-rise blocks (England)
An overview of eligibility for leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 and what those protections cover.
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Research Briefing
Support for Mortgage Interest loans
The Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loan scheme helps households on means-tested benefits with the interest costs of mortgages and certain other home loans.
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Research Briefing
What is affordable housing?
This briefing explains how affordable housing is defined and looks at trends in housing affordability and the supply of affordable housing.
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Research Briefing
Housing and the cost of living
This paper considers the impact of inflation on rent and mortgage payments and the Government response.
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Insight
Income and inequality: How does Northern Ireland compare with the UK as a whole?
Income inequality is consistently lower in Northern Ireland than across the UK, both before and after housing costs.
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Research Briefing
Freehold houses: estate charges
Freeholders can be required to pay for upkeep of an estate’s communal areas, this is sometimes called fleecehold. This paper explains proposed Government reforms.
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Research Briefing
Stamp duty land tax on residential property: government policy up to 2021
This briefing covers the policy history of stamp duty land tax on residential property in the decade since 2010.
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Constituency casework
The Cladding External Wall System (EWS)
EWS1 forms may be required when selling or re-mortgaging leasehold flats in blocks. Find out about the EWS process and associated issues here.
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Research Briefing
New-build housing: construction defects – issues and solutions (England)
This paper considers homeowners’ means of redress when faced with defects in newly built housing. It summarises the Government and industry response.
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Research Briefing
Disabled adaptations in leasehold flats and common parts
This paper covers how leaseholders in flats can gain consent to home adaptations. It covers the issue of adaptations in the common parts of residential buildings.
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Research Briefing
A voluntary Right to Buy for housing association tenants in England
This paper covers the commitment to extend the Right to Buy to housing association tenants. There’s no implementation date. The Government intends to work with associations to develop the scheme.
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Insight
The Register of Overseas Entities: Five things you need to know
When set up, any overseas entity (like a foreign company) buying UK property will need to register its beneficial owners.
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Research Briefing
Improving the home buying and selling process in England
This paper provides an overview of the home buying and selling process in England, stakeholder concerns, and Government proposals to improve the process. It also outlines the conveyancing process in Scotland.
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