An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains Tax being levied on the vendors of some properties.… Read More »Capital Gains Tax fear for properties with dedicated home offices
An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains Tax being levied on the vendors of some properties.… Read More »Capital Gains Tax fear for properties with dedicated home offices
Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and Wales in March this year compared to 12 months… Read More »Stock shortage crisis as listings now down by 25 per cent
Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England. Mortgage borrowing in March rose by a net £11.8 billion pounds, the strongest since… Read More »Mortgage lending soars as stamp duty buying boom goes on
A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ – when people leave cities and head for towns and villages – is merely a pipedream for less well off families. The Resolution Foundation… Read More »Urban Flight – move to rural homes only for well off, says think tank
House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from the Nationwide, says it’s still the stamp duty… Read More »Soaring house price index show market boom goes on
Online agency Strike has used specialist eye-tracking software to analyse what attracts a buyer’s attention when scrolling through homes online — and what aspects of home get missed, or even put… Read More »Revealed – what buyers look for when viewing properties online
The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding repair work. The proposed tax would apply only to… Read More »New Property Tax – consultation begins on ‘cladding’ tax proposal
There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic, despite the buying frenzy of recent months. Insolvency specialist… Read More »Urgent warning to agencies over repayment of Coronavirus debt
An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite the soaring housing market. Begbies Traynor’s latest Red Flag… Read More »Red Flag! Insolvency firm warns of growing distress in property sector
