• Some Hitchin landlords face bills of between £11,000 to £14,000 as Michael Gove, the Housing Minister, declared an attack on poor quality private rental homes. • 557 Hitchin rental properties will require upgrading. The Government announced in their ‘Levelling Up’ White Paper last week, they plan to introduce a new minimum standard for private rental properties. • Also, the White Paper wants every landlord in Hitchin (2,390 of you) to go on a Landlord Register and proposes the...
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• 15% drop in the number of properties for sale in Hitchin in the last 12 months. • 146 Hitchin homes have sold (stc) in the last three months alone, taking the time from the ‘for sale board’ going up to sale agreed to a median of 22 days. • The £500k to £1m price range in Hitchin is the most active, where it only takes 14 days to sale agreed, but the £100k to £200k is taking 55 days. • Yet,...
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The energy bills of every Hitchin resident will rise in April as the price cap increases to account for the global increase in the cost of gas. Those not on the gas mains will still be hit as the UK uses gas to make 45% of its electricity. So, what can Hitchin residents do to reduce their energy consumption and ultimately save money? First, let's look at the scale of the costs. Considering the increase in energy prices...
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