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Leasehold Reform Bill Could Lead To 10% Price Increases

Leasehold Reform Bill Could Lead To 10% Price Increases

28 November 2023 – Yesterday the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities unveiled the long-awaited Leasehold Reform Bill in parliament. But a...

Landlord Rental Income Rises

Buy-To-Let Landlords See Rental Income Rise 15% Year-On-Year

Data from HMRC analysed by London lettings agency ludlowthompson has shown that rental income for buy to let landlords jumped 15% in just one year....

Rural Cottage

ASA Rejects Complaint About Housesimple

Leeds-based agent Manning Stainton’s complaint regarding Housesimple has been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The estate agent argued that the small-print clauses in...

Record house sales

Record Number Of Homes Sold In One Month In UK

June 2021 became the busiest month since records began, thanks to frenzied activity in the housing market before the changes to the stamp duty rules...

Number Of Sales 25% Down Compared To May Last Year

Number Of Sales 25% Down Compared To May Last Year

4 July 2023 – The latest figures from HMRC confirm that the market is cooling, with the number of sales falling by 25% compared to...

Government Housing Experts

Government Unveils Plans To Raise Property Agent Standards

The Government announced plans on Friday for a new body of experts tasked with raising property agent standards. Chaired by Lord Best, the new working...

Selling Property & COVID-19

Selling Property & COVID-19: What you Can Do Right Now

The instigation of lockdown has created a potentially difficult situation for anyone who was interested in selling their property. As it is not currently possible...

Downing Street Prime Minister

Next Prime Minister Could Change Rules On Stamp Duty

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has suggested that the burden of stamp duty – paid when a property is sold – should be switched...

UK house prices falling

UK House Prices Fall As Tax Holiday Due To Expire

According to Nationwide, the UK’s largest building society, house prices fell in January for the first time since June as demand eased ahead of the...

House for rent

Average UK Rent Smashes £1,000 PCM Ceiling For First Time

According to the latest figures released by Homelet, the average rent in the UK has reached a record high of £1,007, up 5.9pc on the...

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Real Estate: Key Emerging Trends

Although the real estate industry has changed significantly over the past two decades, there are a number of noteworthy and influential trends emerging which are...

Mortgage decisions

Mortgage Guarantee And Phased SDLT For Homebuyers

The chancellor claimed on Wednesday a phased end to the stamp duty holiday and a government guarantee for 95pc mortgages will turn ‘generation rent’ into...

Government Crackdown On Rogue Landlords

Councils handed £2m to crackdown on rogue landlords

The government has handed councils £2 million in a bid to crackdown on rogue landlords across the country. As a result, local authorities can now...

How Is The UK Property Market Performing So Far?

How Is The UK Property Market Performing So Far?

24 April 2024 – Spring is the busiest time for the UK property market. The first month of the year showed an overwhelming optimism among...

Renters Compromise On Local Amenities

Renters ‘Least Likely To Compromise On Local Amenities’

A survey of renters by property website Zoopla has revealed some surprising information about the factors that renters are unwilling to compromise on when it...

Property Road Bank of England

Bank of England unlikely to cut interest rates before the end of the year

Economists say The Bank of England is unlikely to cut interest rates for the rest of the year, shattering hopes for many of cheaper mortgage...

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