The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from buying some waterfront homes. The island is a magnet… Read More »Foreign investors may be banned from some waterfront properties
The roads where homes have sold for the most money since 2011. A street in Chelsea which has been called home by everyone from Madonna to Jeffrey Archer and the… Read More »The most expensive streets in London
An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40 per cent during the pandemic. Meanwhile other prime London… Read More »40% price fall and 54% price rise – Prime London snakes and ladders
A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in ‘failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark market snapshot comes… Read More »Failed Sales fear as Stamp Duty Holiday cliff edge approaches
Zoopla’s latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31. And the portal says: “The case is growing for a short, month long… Read More »Top portal is latest to urge stamp duty holiday extension
A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent of individual agents reporting problems. The charity Agents Together… Read More »Not coping with Covid? Shock figures about agents’ mental health
Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector – a key indicator of the economy’s performance – has seen 11,000 additional businesses enter significant distress in the past three… Read More »Soaring distressed property firms are ‘just tip of large iceberg’
A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far beyond the savings possible. Anthony Codling – the former… Read More »Stamp Duty Holiday: Did market need it? Have buyers really benefitted?
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent accountancy firm.For weeks the institution has been the subject… Read More »RICS in dramatic U-turn after newspaper allegations
Plans are afoot for millions of leaseholders in England to be given the right to extend their leases by 990 years while paying £0 ground rent, the Housing Secretary Robert… Read More »990 Year Leases Announced in Leasehold Law Shakeup
