Economy seems to be making some strides towards recovery albeit slowly thats the good news but the bad news much of the country hasnt noticed a third of greeks are at risk of poverty and retirees are feeling it most some are losing their homes because they cannot live on their incomes. Their pensions are meager because theres too little money in the state coffers too many people avoid paying taxes which results in a loss of more than ten billion euros in taxes a year to change that the government has sent out an army of tax inspectors to shake things up by visiting businesses unannounced our reporter all of a zealot one along with two of them. When night falls in athens. To pin a call start their patrol through the amusement district of. The two inspectors are on the lookout for tax daughters. Their suspicions are aroused in this cocktail party. There are no bills on the tables. It looks as if the owner is selling his drinks off the books. Good evening tax fraud inspectors could you pl
It is still windy out there, but the wins will ease. The weather on the mend this sunday. Ill have your full forecast in the next half an hour. Good morning. First, our main story the government say it is considering ways of making buying and selling houses faster, cheaper and less stressful in england and wales. It is launching a consultation which will look at whether it is possible to reduce moving costs and end practices like gazumping. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Moving home is often compared to getting divorced, in terms of stress and worry. Picking your new home is the easy part of the process, before vendors, surveyors, solicitors, banks, agents, and removal vans get involved. Currently it can take three months, on average, to move home. Getting the mortgage offer from your bank alone takes around 50 days, and a quarter of all transactions fall through. And so the government will be consulting Estate Agents, solicitors, as well as buyers and sellers, to find o
Is like as a centenarian with what must be our oldest ever sofa guest. And nick miller has the weather. Its still windy out there, tamer they will slowly eased today. A wet start for some of us, the weather on the mend this sunday. The bold forecast in the next half an hour. Good morning. First, our main story. The government say its considering ways of making buying and selling houses faster, cheaper and less stressful in england and wales. Its launching a consultation which will look at whether its possible to reduce moving costs and end practices like gazumping. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Moving home is often compared to getting divorced in terms of stress and worry. Picking your new home is the easy part of the process, before venders, surveyors, solicitors, banks, agents and removal vans get involved. Currently, it can take three months on average to move home. Getting the mortgage offer from your bank alone takes around 50 days. And a quarter of all transaction
The government say its considering ways of making buying and selling houses faster, cheaper and less stressful in england and wales. Its launching a consultation, which will look at whether its possible to reduce moving costs and end practices like gazumping. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Moving home is often compared to getting divorced in terms of stress and worry. Picking your new home is the easy part of the process, before venders, surveyors, solicitors, banks, agents and removal vans get involved. Currently, it can take three months on average to move home. Getting the mortgage offer from your bank alone takes around 50 days. And a quarter of all transactions fall through. And so the government will be consulting estate agents, solicitors, as well as buyers and sellers to find out how best to speed up the process and cut costs for households. I think you can use technology to gather as much information about the proposed sale, about the proposed property, to be co
Iam in i am in florida iam in florida in i am in florida in the United States, the power of Hurricane Irma has had devastating consequences. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The government says it is considering ways of making buying and selling houses faster, cheaper and selling houses faster, cheaper and less stressful. It is launching and less stressful. It is launching a consultation in england and wales which will look at whether its possible to reduce moving costs and end practices like gazumping. Community secretary sergey javad says the government has planned a massive House Building programme. Our business correspondentjoe lynam reports. Moving home is often compared to getting divorced in terms of stress and worry. Picking your new home is the easy part of the process, before venders, surveyors, solicitors, banks, agents and removal vans get involved. Currently, it can take three months on average to move home. Getting the mortgage offer from your bank alone takes around