2020, a year in which the housing market defied expectations. At 7.6%, annual price growth across the UK is at its strongest since the summer of 2016. Over 129,000 homes are believed to have changed hands in December, 32% more than in December 2019 with sales for the year projected to be just 11% lower than in 2019 (HMRC).
On 3 March 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday will be extended until 30 June 2021 after facing pressure to extend the deadline by three months amid concerns of a ‘cliff-edge’ come the end of March.
Buy-to-let brokers are most commonly searching from criteria about mortgages for first-time landlords, research from Knowledge Bank has found.
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In this two-minute read, we look at the benefits of using a letting agent to manage your rental property (part one of a two-part series).
Rightmove saw an immediate spike in activity on Budget Day following the chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement of an extension and tapered ending to the stamp duty holiday and the introduction of 5% deposits, as the portal recorded its busiest day ever.
We take a quick look at the fall in SDLT receipts over the last 12 months
In this two-minute read, we look at how parents can help their children adjust to being back in the classroom.
In this quick speed read, we take a look at yesterdays budget highlights for the housing market
How the mortgage guarantee scheme will help buyers with 5% deposits For anyone who’s found it challenging to save for a 15% or 20% deposit over the past year or so, we’ve got some good news to share.