“Thanks to Labour’s plan to add VAT to private school fees, the state education scrummage may be about to get even more intense.” If you’re one of the thousands of families across the country who The Times reports face a potential 20% increase in Independent School Fees this could mean aContinue Reading
An article in the Financial Times highlights the growing importance of off-market sales with selling and buying agents explaining the merits of such tactics. Around 30% of the homes we buy for clients aren’t on Rightmove or in estate agents windows. We get to hear about them because weContinue Reading
Dredging around for an election lifebelt Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is running another pre-Autumn Statement flag up the flagpole to see how it flys. The scoop in The Times this morning floats the idea of starting Stamp Duty at £300k rather than at £250k as at present? My thoughts? IContinue Reading
Today’s Budget held precious little for the housing sector with only a few modest changes announced and little else buried in the Office for Budget Responsibilities report. Capital Gains Tax for higher rate tax payers will be reduced from 28% to 24% for second home sellers. However, Landlord groupsContinue Reading
AI is going to change the world, we are told and like other professions estate agents are desperately running around trying to work out the impact on the buying and selling business. Is AI just going to write their sales particulars or might they themselves be obsolete in fiveContinue Reading
NatWest’s chairman has said he believes it is not currently “that difficult” for people to get on the housing ladder. Sir Howard Davies said people have always had to save for a deposit but admitted you had to save more today. He told the Today program that he recognisedContinue Reading
