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While the UK property market continues to perform ahead of expectations the same cannot be said of the UK economy. If we compare the UK economy to its overseas counterparts it is s...
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Whether you live in the UK, the US or any other part of the world where there is some kind of political instability at this moment in time, many are asking does politics impact pro...
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Today saw a resounding victory for Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership election having initially been put forward as something of a stalking horse. Many are claiming this to be ...
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The UK property market has been extremely resilient of late when compared to ongoing economic turmoil around the world. Indeed just yesterday we saw a doubling of the initial forec...
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While previous estimates of a 3% increase in UK property prices seemed optimistic at the time it looks as though the actual figure will be around 6%. Even in “normal economic tim...
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The second quarter of 2015 saw a like-for-like drop of 26% in the number of properties sold in London with a value in excess of £1 million. This year on year drop is significant a...
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It seems that the issue of the so-called “UK mortgage timebomb” comes around on a regular basis and after a survey by the Citizens Advice Bureau it is again headline ne...
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The Nationwide today announced that UK house prices have increased 3.2% year-on-year to August 2015. This is the slowest increase in house prices since June 2013 although there is ...
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As the UK government comes under more pressure to fund additional housing requirements across the UK many are now looking back towards the 1980s and the right to buy legislation fr...
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The general election earlier this year saw all political parties promising to increase the number of new builds in the UK to tackle the ongoing housing shortage. The Conservative p...
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In what could become a worrying phenomenon in the short to medium term, official statistics show that the month of July saw a significant fall in the number of houses for sale, whi...
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While much of the focus regarding the UK property sector is quite rightly shining on the housing market, many people are now starting to look towards small business offices which h...
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Time and time again politicians seem to think that the London property market is easy pickings for additional tax income. Just prior to the last general election we saw a raft of p...
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Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has given his strongest indication to date that UK base rates will begin to rise in the New Year. In a major policy speech at the<...
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It seems a little bizarre to suggest that a new and innovative way of raising funds could actually be a threat to the market in which it operates. However, this may seem to be the<...
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While the recent reduction in available mortgage interest tax relief for higher rate taxpayers investing in buy to let property caused anger within the UK real estate sector, a cha...
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While the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne received much praise across the press for his budget speech earlier this week, there is anger within the property industry. In ...
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George Osborne is contemplating a major change in the council property rent structure in his forthcoming budget speech. There is intense speculation that those earning £40,000 and...
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Inheritance tax is one of the more controversial taxes in the UK with critics asking the question why you pay taxes when you are living and further taxes once you die. The Conserva...
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Only a few days ago we looked at the number of new builds across the UK with a significant increase during March to May 2015 compared to the corresponding period in 2014. The avera...