First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed that the stamp duty holiday has increased the price of first-time buyer homes…
Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body.The Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE) yesterday published a detailed whitepaper, entitled ‘Property Passports: the role of…
Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected at this time of year.Rightmove says Newmarket in Suffolk is the very worst location…
Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property.A new survey claims that 64 per cent of Britons believe that lenders do not consider…
The Property Ombudsman says there’s been a big increase in enquiries to its service in recent months, despite the pandemic. In its annual report – which is out today but covers only the 2020 calendar…
Politicians in one of the most exclusive property enclaves are complaining after average house prices have risen around £100,000 in just 12 months.The latest house price index for the Channel Island of Jersey shows the…
A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a bid to fund the growing cost of social care.The idea has come from the…
Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.Property website Home says that while the tapering stamp duty holiday will have dampened buyer demand in many areas, supply…
HM Revenue & Customs is reported to be targeting recent home buyers after a slump in income from property taxes during the pandemic.An investigation by Boodle Hatfield, a private wealth law firm, has shown that…
The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been given a qualified green light by Trading Standards.The ViewRabbit platform proposes charging prospective tenants…
