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‘Landlords should get stamp duty surcharge exemption’

The government should make landlords exempt from the 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, argued Mary-Anne Bowring, managing director at property management firm Ringley Group. She added that... Read more

Property News, UK 26th May 2020

Liverpool firm hosts its first live streamed auction

Sutton Kersh sold 75% of listed properties at its first live streamed auction last Thursday 21st May. The team had already sold over £2m worth of ...

Blog 26th May 2020

An update from Northern Ireland

The Guild of Property Professionals speaks to its offices in Northern Ireland While property activity in England surges, Northern Ireland remains f...

Property News, UK 26th May 2020

Remote workers split on whether they’d like to go back to the office

Remote workers in the US are split regarding whether they’d like to go back to the office. Arou...

Property News, UK 25th May 2020

Mortgage payment holidays extended for three months

Mortgage payment holidays have been extended for three months to October 31st. UK Finance data sh...

North America, Property News 25th May 2020

Canadian house prices have declined by 10%

House prices in Canada have fallen by 10% due to the COVID-19 induced lockdown, data from the Canadi...

Property News, UK 25th May 2020

Mint Bridging unveils building development products

Mint Bridging has launched two products designed for the building development market. One product...

Property News, UK 25th May 2020

The Nottingham returns mortgage LTVs to 80%

The Nottingham Building Society has reverted its maximum LTVs back to 80% for residential mortgages....

Property News, UK 22nd May 2020

Build-to-rent development launches in Wembley

HUB has completed Chesterfield House in Wembley, North London, a 239-home build-to-rent development ...

Property News, UK 22nd May 2020

Government to extend mortgage payment holidays

Mortgage payment holidays are likely to be extended past June, according to a report in the Financia...

Property News, UK 22nd May 2020

HMRC: Property transactions fall by 53.4%

Residential property transactions dropped in April due to the lockdown measures, UK Property Transac...

Property News, UK 22nd May 2020

Chancellors partners with Canopy for deposit-free renting

Chancellors is launching deposit-free renting in partnership with Canopy. Canopy offers landlords...

Property News, UK 22nd May 2020

Adding an en-suite increases property value by £4,000

Buyers are typically willing to pay £4,000 more for a property with an en-suite bathroom, a survey ...

Property News, UK 21st May 2020

Lenders resume physical valuations in England

Mortgage lenders are resuming physical valuations in England following a loosening of lockdown restr...

Property News, UK 21st May 2020

PlanetRent partners with Reposit to offer tenants reduced deposits

Lettings platform PlanetRent will now allow landlords to forgo the normal deposit after partnering w...

Opinion

Stamp duty – the political football of our time

The stamp duty land tax has attracted numerous column inches since it was introduced in December 2003. Lately of course, companies like the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors have been calling for a stamp duty holiday to kick-start the... Read more

Developers, councils and the government shouldn’t treat this as a normal time

I had an interesting time exploring how difficult it is for developers to keep the public happy in these conditions last week. It seems like pressure from the government means consultations on developments are happening at the same pace as usual,... Read more

COVID-19 news fatigue has hit me

I read an interesting article on the BBC about suffering from fatigue when it comes to following COVID-19 coverage and, though as a journalist I have a responsibility to keep up with what’s happening, I have to admit I’m starting to feel it... Read more

A slow and steady return to normal

The UK may be past the peak of the virus outbreak according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but the return to normality is likely to be a slow process. This is reflected by two developers returning to work today in Propect Homes and... Read more

The mortgage market is proving robust – and open to change

Today’s news that 85% of buy-to-let lenders still remain in the market demonstrates how robust these institutions are. I think we’re seeing evidence that the reaction to the global financial crisis – where firms started lending more... Read more

Prepare for the future

Another week in lockdown – I hope you’re managing to stay safe and sane during this period! If the news is anything to go by you need to make sure you’ve got the finances to get through the next few months. The news that 40% of tenants... Read more

Looking back at house price growth

I hope everyone had a good Easter despite the difficult circumstances. I thought last week’s analysis of Land Registry data from CashLady was revealing. Between December 2009 and December 2019 the biggest price rises were in Harlow, Essex... Read more

COVID-19 could delay Brexit

I spoke to Simon Pelling last week, the director of an online agent that primarily caters for non-doms living in Spain. He highlighted an interesting point – before COVID-19 was on everyone’s lips people were looking to get deals over the... Read more

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