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A bridge too far?
Much consternation in media today following the Daily Mail’s front page story about helping so-called mortgage prisoners trapped by negative equity. John Humphries on the Today programme seemed particularly exercised by the idea when interviewing our own David Hollingworth. So what’s going on? And would a rather stretched metaphor help any? The first thing to [...] -
First Time Buyers – beware end of stamp duty holiday
First time buyers should move quickly in the New Year as the Government’s stamp duty exemption comes to an end in March. When buying a new home, you need to pay stamp duty (or Stamp Duty Land Tax to give it its full name) as a percentage of the value of the property you’re buying. [...] -
Fewer vendors put their homes up for sale in September
The RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) UK Housing Market survey for September revealed a fall in the number of new homes being put up for sale during the month as a result of the uncertain economic outlook. 5% more surveyors than the previous month reported that the supply of property fell rather than rose. [...]
