How Will The Stamp Duty Cut Affect House Prices? The big question is whether cutting stamp duty (aka ‘Stamp Duty Land Tax’ or SDLT) for people buying homes will get the UK economy moving, as the government desperately hopes. Either way, there are...
Completion Day – The Potential Perils of Moving Home The day you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. To get things moving be sure to get up early so you can spring into action before the pressure really starts to build. Moving home can be a...
Why Are House Prices So High? As of March 2020 the average house price in the UK was £231,855 according to the Land Registry. Figures for average UK individual earnings (salaries / wages) are harder to pin down. Much depends on things like the geographical area...
Conveyancing – the Final Stages In the short period of time between Exchange and Completion (typically 2 weeks) your legal people doing the conveyancing still have a number of key tasks to carry out. The remaining legal stages up to completion are as...
Saving Money with DIY Moving By now your bank account may be looking rather anaemic from lack of funds. As a buyer you will already have had to set money aside to pay for things like stamp duty ‘land tax’, mortgage arrangement fees, valuation fees, ...
Only one key ingredient isn’t in place for a property crash Larry Elliot is the Economics Editor of The Guardian and his assessment of the likelihood of a property crash doesn’t make happy reading for anyone who’s already on the...
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