Jools,
You state that these are just scare tactics being used,but now seem to be ignoring the fact that a house on the Delta WAS DEMOLISHED last year !
Do you know if that property had the correct permissions in place to build it ?
As has allready been said,the majority of buyers have been told by estate agents that the property they are buying will be able to be renovated and lived in.
This is clearly, now not true,but Estate agents continue to deceive buyers into believing otherwise,as they would not have hardly any property to sell if they told the truth !