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Chancellor’s dash for cash could hit UK property market, senior manager at Crowe warns
Express & Star
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August 29, 2025
“Having repeatedly ruled out increases to employee national insurance, income tax of VAT, Rachel Reeves has limited room for manoeuvre, but she needs cash, and fast,” she said. “We have huge changes to Inheritance Tax already announced and...
House sales rise in summer, but will property tax rumours kill confidence?
City A.M.
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August 29, 2025
Friday 29 August 2025 10:39 am Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email The number of house sales in the UK rose marginally in July The UK housing market has...
Sarasota commissioners weigh cheaper jail plan that buys only a decade of relief
ABC 7 WWSB - Florida
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August 29, 2025
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - For decades, Sarasota County has struggled with a problem it has yet to solve — a jail built for 773 inmates that now holds well over a thousand. Hallways double as sleeping quarters. Inspections flag chronic overcrowding....
Palestine: ‘I saw who paid the price’
Business Recorder
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August 29, 2025
Mahmud Darwish, one of the leading Palestinian poets of the 20th century, alongside Nazim Hikmet and Faiz Ahmed Faiz, wrote a remarkable heart-wrenching poem. A poem that expressed pain, sorrow and grief of those exiled in their own country that...
Welsh holiday property tax faces changes after owners hit out at controversial rules
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Albanian illegal immigrant caught selling drugs to pay off £4k 'dinghy debt' to smugglers
Daily Express
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August 29, 2025
An Albanian illegal immigrant deported last year came back to the UK on a dinghy and was caught dealing drugs for a second time, it emerged today. Valentin Roci, 27, told Basildon Crown Court he had re-entered the UK on a dinghy after already...
$2.44 million sale price for Lowcountry-inspired home on Lake Murray
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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August 29, 2025
Built in 1996, the four-bedroom, 3,330-square-foot home sits on a .8-acre lot along a cove on Lake Murray. The kitchen has been upgraded with new tile flooring, a modern backsplash and high-end GE Profile appliances, while the backyard now...
House committee urged to silo property into separate classes for taxes
News Tribune - Missouri
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August 29, 2025
MACON -- Separate tax rates for the four classes of taxed property would protect homeowners from large tax increases during reassessment, Chariton County Assessor Darrin Gladbach told a special Missouri House interim committee at its final field...
Residential property transactions up in July
Mortgage Professional Australia
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August 29, 2025
“Today’s figures show an increase in transactions, underlining the resilience of buyers despite recent inflationary pressures,” said Tony Hall (pictured top left), head of business development at Saffron for Intermediaries. “Lenders have responded...
Business News | Homeland Group Launches a Bold 360 Degree Campaign Answering Every Buyer's Doubt
Latestly
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August 29, 2025
NewsVoir Chandigarh [India], August 29: Homeland Group, one of North India's most trusted real estate developers, has unveiled its latest 360 Degree brand campaign titled "Homeland Group's Bold Campaign Answers Every Buyer's Doubt." Anchored...
Illegal migrant fleeced victims out of £8.5M and splashed cash on 19 supercars and speedboat in sick property con
The Scottish Sun
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August 29, 2025
AN ILLEGAL migrant fleeced victims out of £8.5million and splashed out on 19 supercars and a speedboat in a property con. Married dad Anopkumar Maudhoo, 46, made the money by "cruelly manipulating" 45 victims into buying homes he did not own...
Program launches in Hampton Roads to train real estate developers to combat housing crisis
WVEC - Virginia
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The Real Estate Developers Academy trains new developers to help combat the housing crisis. The program just launched in Norfolk and Newport News. NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk and Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authorities are teaming up to...
30K homes up for grabs via Pag-IBIG: How to buy, or bid
Gulf News
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Why buy foreclosed from Pag-IBIG? Because it’s a chance to get your foot on the property ladder for way less, with discounts reaching up to 40% off for occupied units, and about 35% off for unoccupied ones. Plus, buyers can use Pag-IBIG housing...
Update: Henrico developer buys former Tyson plant in Hanover for $5 million
Richmond Times Dispatch - Virginia
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The former Tyson chicken plant in Hanover County has sold to a developer after sitting dormant for more than two years. The $5 million sale was announced by Cushman & Wakefield — Thalhimer, who negotiated on behalf of Tyson. The land at 13264...
Heather Dubrow Sheds New Light on Beverly Hills House Sale & Future Real Estate Plans
Bravo TV
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August 29, 2025
How to Watch Watch The Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo on Thursdays at 8/7c and next day on Peacock. Catch up on the Bravo app. Stream Now on It’s been a lingering financial burden for Heather Dubrow and her husband Dr. Terry Dubrow, but...
Unique opportunity to own late artist’s Henrietta Street Georgian property
Irish Independent
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The four-storey over basement former house and studio of artist Alice Hanratty in central Dublin is as big as 10 standard family homes Asking price: €1.75m Agent: Movehome (01) 8844690 Any Dubliner worth their salt will tell you their city is...
Solar panel prices increase nearly 5% as China tightens oversight
pv-magazine
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August 29, 2025
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry. August 29, 2025 OPIS The Chinese Module Marker (CMM), OPIS’s benchmark for TOPCon modules ≥600W, rose...
Chinese networks launder billions through U.S. real estate
Ticker NEWS
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August 29, 2025
Chinese operatives exploit U.S. real estate for $53.7 billion in questionable transactions amid rising concerns over money laundering schemes Please enable JavaScript play-sharp-fill Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. In...
House prices rose
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 29, 2025
This time last year, various news outlets were covering the class-action cases that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) had settled. Each piece, whether published, broadcast, or streamed, all shared a common misconception--that the real...
Sunbelt states swept by worrying property trend taking over major cities
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
More than half of the over 500,000 new apartments being built this year will be in Sunbelt states. Experts say the boom highlights a growing shortage of affordable homes, which is pushing residents toward rentals — a demand developers are eager to...