Renters Rights Bill

As Bywater Herring are putting together the yearly plans, we’ve been looking at how we can benefit the community of Irthlingborough. Karen and Sue give their free time every month to being members of the IGrow (Irthlingborough Events) team and actively support the events that are held throughout the year in the town. Being based on the High Street in Irthlingborough, we...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) Bill 2022-23 has been introduced. And has gone through its first and second readings in the House of Commons.The Bill has so far survived Liz Truss’ mini budget. But some are now questioning whether it will survive Rishi Sunak’s coronation as Tory leader.If successful, it will mean that an estimated 43% of transactions each year w...

The market for rental properties is continuing to grow and monthly rent on newly let properties is still increasing on average. Across the country rents rose by 11% year on year in April and since we went into lockdown, rents have increased by 25% with strongest growth, unsurprisingly, in London. With rents on the open market rising quickly, tenants will face the choice of st...

House prices are the hot topic everywhere at the moment and there is a mixed picture of the value of our homes in the UK. Last month Halifax said that prices were unexpectedly up by 1.6% annually whilst another survey from Nationwide claimed that they had fallen 3.1% which is the biggest fall in 14 years. All of this makes it hard to decipher what exactly is going on for hous...