The Government is funding advice for neighbourhoods that engage with the new planning measures that form part of its Localism Bill. Planning minister, Greg Clark, has announced a £3.2 million scheme to enable communities keen to take charge of development in their area to receive support from The Prince’s Foundation, Locality, The Royal Town Planning [...]
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Which? exposes sale-and-rent-back firms
A new investigation by Which? Money claims to have uncovered “woefully inadequate” advice in the sale-and-rent-back (SRB) market.
Operators in the sector offer to buy homes at a discount, usually from people in financial difficulties, and rent them back to their previous owners.
However, in its research, the consumer group found that only two of the nine [...]
