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Housing Secretary announces plan to restart housing market amid coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Published on: 13 May 2020
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LNB News 13/05/2020

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Issue Date: 13 May 2020

Published Date: 13 May 2020

Jurisdiction(s): England

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The Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, has announced a plan to restart the housing market in England in accordance with the government’s social distancing advice amid coronavirus (COVID-19). The plan would enable people to move into a new house safely and allow estate agents to open, among other things. Andrew Weir, solicitor at Anthony Gold and Head of its Conveyancing and Business Services Department, discusses the plan.

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