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I am old enough to remember the hideous, but not illegal at the time, ' no, blacks, no Irish ' notices placed in windows of properties to rent. Unless I'm missing something, would agents in 2022 add ' no gays ' to the above and print it on property details or say Rightmove or Zoopla ? I can't think that ' on the instructions of our vendor client ' would excuse us !! Against the law is against the law. Why the debate ?

From: Alan Robinson 28 January 2022 16:31 PM

The 28 day exchange to completion norm of years gone by, would have been helpful, but the fella's who have already commented about completions following exchange by just a few days are spot on accurate. 5 or 10 days extra can't really help the frustrations that are sure to arise -- The ready to exchange FTB who can't make the 31st March because 2 up the chain searches are awaited. The media will be all over that one and rightly so. On the basis of additional delays caused by this latest lockdown, it would be wholly justified to introduce a ' breathing space ' backstop of 30th June plus ( as I'm sure the industry are anxious for ) a Chancellor's review of a better stamp duty system -- one that, perhaps, supports the first time buyer or the price range they buy in. Up to £350k ? I would be very surprised if Rishi Sunak isn't on to this inevitable problem & early in the New Year ( hopefully sooner ) an appropriate announcement will be made.

From: Alan Robinson 13 November 2020 11:35 AM

Alan Robinson. Whilst any review of the stamp duty rates & application can wait until early 2021, Mike Stainsby makes the most valid of arguments for the Chancellor to announce that the 31st March backstop be put back. Imagining a, now postponed, Nov budget, it would have been the simplest of opportunities for the already admired Rishi Sunak to simply state that, because of unexpected delays directedly associated with the current housing market, June 30th would seem a much more logical date for the ending of the stamp duty concessions. If this doesn't happen, Pete Jackson and I plus our owner partners, are already becoming concerned that our existing buyers and sellers ( our multi-branch estate agency currently has 1500 sales being progressed ), will begin to panic -- what if their transaction fails to complete by 31st March 2021 ? With around 8 weeks of delay for mortgages/surveys/searches/EWS etc, there will soon come a time when the timetable, especially for those in chains, will cause a few sleepless nights at best, absolute pandemonium at worst. Joining forces, through whatever appropriate means, to request a revised 30th June 2021 backstop would, it seems to me, be logical. Our industry may already see the consequences of the above on the horizon, but it will be massively unfair on the public if we don't scream & shout on their behalf. A common sense 3mth breathing space from end March to end June should do trick.

From: Alan Robinson 08 October 2020 14:53 PM

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