"It's behind you!!"
| With pantomine season upon us,
that infamous phrase perfectly describes our thoughts about the property market
in 2012. Frantically busy Fridays followed by deathly quiet Mondays and an
almost non-existent early autumn bounce leading to a remarkably strong November,
suggests the word "patchiness" to sum up the year. With lenders challenging of
the sanity of even the most experienced buyers, we've found that everyone has
had to work much harder than ever before. As tough climates flush out weaker
companies, we're hopeful this will make our life easier in 2013 so we don't have
to deal with some of the less able competitors out there. Our only worry is that
the Daily Mail ruins the current optimism by shouting out "oh no it isn't!" on
January 1st. |
EPCs not required
on property particulars
This anti-red-tape campaigning government that introduced the ridiculous notion of including a copy of the first page of the EPC on property particulars has just announced that from January 9th 2013 they are changing this policy. Naturally. From that date, the first page of the EPC does not need to be included on advertising, which includes brochures. The official guidance states that the coloured charts should be included although it is not clear that this is mandatory and "it is recognised that this is not always possible". In short, the requirement is rather elastic. |
