What’s standing in the way of downsizing for Gail, 58, from Manchester – who is self-employed and lives with her partner in a five-bed house…
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UK housing sales fall but real ‘horror story’ yet to come
The number of homes sold in September fell by nearly 40% as transaction levels returned to normal following the big spike caused by the Covid…
View More UK housing sales fall but real ‘horror story’ yet to comeKwarteng scraps top 45% rate of income tax and cuts stamp duty
Kwasi Kwarteng has bet the government’s re-election in 2024 on the biggest tax cuts in 50 years after the UK chancellor announced reductions in the…
View More Kwarteng scraps top 45% rate of income tax and cuts stamp dutyStamp duty cut will benefit UK’s wealthier and raise inflation, say experts
Cuts to stamp duty will hurt first-time buyers and stoke an inflationary bubble in the property market as house prices rise at the fastest rate…
View More Stamp duty cut will benefit UK’s wealthier and raise inflation, say expertsUK house prices in 2021 show fastest growth rate in 15 years
UK house prices rose by more than 10% in 2021, the fastest growth rate in 15 years, according to new figures that underline the strength…
View More UK house prices in 2021 show fastest growth rate in 15 yearsUK mortgage approvals at lowest level since mid-2020
The number of mortgages approved for UK house purchases fell to its lowest level in 16 months in October as the “distortive effect” of the…
View More UK mortgage approvals at lowest level since mid-2020Higher interest rates ‘could weigh on UK housing market’
Nationwide Building Society has said there could be a “cooling” of the UK’s red-hot housing market because of rising inflation and interest rates. Robert Gardner,…
View More Higher interest rates ‘could weigh on UK housing market’UK house prices climb but outlook for market ‘extremely uncertain’
Average UK house prices defied expectations and continued to climb last month despite the phasing out of the government’s stamp duty holiday at the end…
View More UK house prices climb but outlook for market ‘extremely uncertain’UK enjoys property sales boom amid Covid-19 pandemic
Hard-to-sell homes are being snapped up by the hundred as Britain’s booming property market maintains a year-long breakneck sales record. In areas of high demand,…
View More UK enjoys property sales boom amid Covid-19 pandemicUK house sales tumble in July after stamp duty holiday deadline
House sales tumbled by almost two-thirds in July after tens of thousands of homebuyers rushed to complete their purchases in order to beat Rishi Sunak’s…
View More UK house sales tumble in July after stamp duty holiday deadline