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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… Read More »Stamp duty boost for first-time buyers? Not a bit of it, claims research

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… Read More »Stamp duty boost for first-time buyers? Not a bit of it, claims research

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… Read More »Conveyancing – is industry-wide UPRN adoption on the cards?

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… Read More »Conveyancing – is industry-wide UPRN adoption on the cards?

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… Read More »Listings crisis as sellers still reluctant to come forward

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… Read More »Listings crisis as sellers still reluctant to come forward

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… Read More »Buyers hopelessly ill-informed on mortgage process, survey suggests

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… Read More »Buyers hopelessly ill-informed on mortgage process, survey suggests

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… Read More »Complaints about estate agents jump by a third says Ombudsman

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… Read More »Complaints about estate agents jump by a third says Ombudsman