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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) issues an array of very useful information showing trends in the UK housing market. If you are looking to build up a property portfolio in ...
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The last few days have seen property stamp duty hit the headlines with the Chancellor of the Exchequer apparently suggesting this may be switched from buyers to sellers. While thes...
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While the idea has been mentioned more times than we care to remember, Sajid Javid, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, is looking at property stamp duty on sales. At the moment b...
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We have seen a change of government, change of Brexit strategy and it now looks as though UK interest rates will go further down before they rise. There is political mayhem, talk o...
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There is no doubt that the High Speed 2 Rail Project (HS2) will revolutionise rail travel across the UK, slashing journey times between the North/Midlands and London. Phase 1 will ...
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Since Boris Johnson took over the role as Prime Minister of the UK there has been constant conflict with his EU counterparts. Despite the fact that the Houses of Parliament refused...
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Only a few weeks ago it seemed as though the Bank of England was on the verge of an interest rate rise. There seemed little or no appetite for an interest rate reduction but things...
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While Boris Johnson effectively won the Tory leadership race by a landslide, he is certainly not everybody’s cup of tea. Already the knives are out, within and out-with his own p...
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Just last week the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, demanded an array of devolved powers which would allow him to control rents in the capital. While the idea has been ridiculed by man...
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Research by Anglian Home Improvements has cast a very interesting light across current trends in the UK housing market. This survey focused on the most architecturally desirable pr...
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There is again talk of rental controls in the UK amid serious concerns that the young of today will struggle to afford their own home in the future. While Sadik Khan has been criti...
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Sadik Khan, the current Mayor of London, is demanding devolved powers which would allow him to control rents right across the capital. In the run-up to the 2020 London mayoral elec...
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There has been and always will be a very strong connection between London and Hong Kong despite the fact that Hong Kong is now deemed under the control of China. Despite promises o...
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Luton has become one of the U.K.’s more prominent property hotspots over the last few years. If we look back to 2016, Luton boasted the UK’s best performing property market, re...
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It is fair to say there has been a significant boost in home ownership across the UK since the 1980s. This was the time that the Tory government introduced the right to buy scheme ...
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At a time when Brexit is again centre stage, you may have missed the fact that US investment in London property is reaching record levels. Figures for central London hotspots such ...
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A report last year by the BBC, based on research by the Liberal Democrat party, has highlighted the scandal of empty homes in the UK. While it is unclear whether all of these prope...
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There is no doubt that there have been significant changes to the UK property market over the last few years. We have seen the introduction of new regulations, increased costs and ...
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UK property portal Placebuzz has issued some very interesting data regarding overseas interest in UK property. This comes at a time when the UK is gripped with Brexit fever and ste...
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Over the last few years, indeed since the mortgage crash of 2008, the idea of securing an interest only mortgage or a 100% mortgage has never crossed the minds of many lenders or b...
