Good news for estate agents – and for Chancellors looking at a ʻMansion taxʼ. According to the Land Registry the number of sales of homes in December over £1m year-on-year was up 151% in England & Wales and over 200% in London! That extra 1% of Stamp Duty due to come into force in April ...
Estate agents are up there with journalists and MP’s in the list of those the public loves to hate. Agents and hacks have had an easy time of it in the last year as MP’s hog the headlines and compete almost daily it seems for the sleaze crown. Today we have had the annual report ...
It would be a huge mistake to fall for any changes that might be announced in todays Budget on Stamp Duty for first time buyers. In what would resemble blatant electioneering just a week or so before Gordon Brown calls a General Election, the Chancellor is predicted to remove the need for 1st time buyers ...
As the volume of sales slows to a trickle it is often suggested that house price indices might be reflecting the frenzy of activity that is taking place in Central London and in parts of the South East rather than the reality of a rather tougher market elsewhere. Bankers blowing their bonuses in Belgravia is ...
Although there has been an improvement this January when compared to previous years we are still some way below the average for the time of year. In particular, we can see that the supply of new properties coming to the market is 20% up on January 2009 but at at 100,000 we are still 40% ...
