The Labour Party’s plan to give tenants in the private rental sector the right to buy their property for a “reasonable price” was described as “ludicrous” by buy to let (BTL) brokers who insisted the state “did not have a right to dictate transaction”.
Elsewhere, Skipton revealed that despite Brexit uncertainty, its overseas BTL business was thriving with year-on-year enquiries up by 43 per cent.
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