Local councils are going to double their charges to personal search firms, from £11 to £22 per search, from January 1.
Most councils have been having to use public money to subsidise the cost of every personal search undertaken.
Search charges to rise in New Year
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Great news. They will immediately invest the additional revenue (on top of the boost they get by getting a search fee on every home coming on market rather than as before, once a sale was agreed)in more staff and better technology and turn round times will be down to hours, no probably minutes....oh sorry nurse, is it time for my medication? I used to be an estate agent you know....zzzzzzzzzz
should help the housing market no end!
Yet another tax increase.