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Stamp duty reminder
New rates of stamp duty apply from 1 July. They are higher than now, but still below pre-pandemic levels. A new stamp duty regime is…
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Beware holiday hitches
There may be a Stamp Duty holiday, but this is a tax that cannot be ignored, says Ella Pumford, content manager at St Modwen Homes….
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More than half of landlords consider quitting
A fifth of landlords have told a survey they are looking to leave the market, and a further third that they were unsure about continuing….
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New year dip for house prices
House prices went down by 0.3 per cent last month, Nationwide’s latest house price survey suggests. This has translated into a slowing of the annual…
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House prices rocked but pace of sales set to slow
House prices have continued to rocket upwards over the last few months, the latest findings from Halifax confirm. The mortgage lender put the average price…
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Race is on to beat stamp duty deadline
Falkirk, Scotland is the fastest moving property market in the UK, with properties taking an average of just 20 days from listing to ‘sold subject…
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Rental market buoyant except in London
Rents in London have fallen during the Coronavirus pandemic, property portal Zoopla has reported. However, London is the exception and rents risen in a buoyant…
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Housing market ‘less frantic’ completion pipeline flooded
Property transactions are currently taking just over 100 days from sales agreed to completion, ‘but the volume of business means this could increase in the…
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Call for stamp duty holiday extension
Calling for a six-month extension to the current stamp duty holiday, property industry leaders have warned there is insufficient capacity to deal with the surge…
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Conveyancing delays are threaten SDLT savings
Delays in local authority property searches are threatening property buyers’ eligibility for stamp duty tax breaks. Only last week the Treasury published a press release…
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Property transactions are back to pre-Covid levels
There were just over 98,000 residential property transactions in September, 0.7 per cent lower than in September 2019 but 20.3 per cent higher than in…
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House price trend continues upwards
House prices increased by 2 per cent in September, according to the latest Nationwide index. This pushed up the annual rate of house price growth…
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Chancellor’s Boost is a Plus for Landlords
Property and energy efficiency in homes has been placed at the heart of the Government’s push to re-start the UK’s economy as it emerges from…
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Fewer Properties To Rent
A recent copy of the Metro gave as a headline ‘Fewer Homes up for rent after duty rise’. This is hardly a surprise to anyone…
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Landlords Finally Get Political Support
Landlords have understandably felt for some time that the changes introduced into private sector legislation have been attacks on them. Still known as ‘Rogue landlords’,…
