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House Price Growth Reaches 5 Year High

December 4th, 2020|Commentary, First-Time Buyers, International Investor News, UK Property News|

House Price Growth Reaches 5 Year High Monthly price growth in November 2020 surged 6.5%; its highest rate since January 2015, as heightened activity continues in the UK property market. Property prices in the UK increased by 6.5% in November 2020. This is the highest monthly rate of growth on Nationwide’s House Price Index since January [...]

Stamp Duty Holiday Creates Surge From Overseas Investors

August 10th, 2020|Commentary, International Investor News, Mortgages, UK Property News|

Stamp Duty Holiday Creates a Surge From Overseas Investors The Stamp Duty Holiday has created a mortgage surge from overseas investors, seeking to save thousands of pounds from this tax break. The mortgage holiday is in effect a tax break raising the amount at which tax is charged from £125,000 to £500,000. Mortgage searches by [...]

Stamp Duty Holiday

July 9th, 2020|Commentary, First-Time Buyers, International Investor News, UK Property News|

Stamp Duty Holiday The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, presented his ‘mini budget’ or summer statement yesterday in an effort to stimulate the economy post-Covid-19 Lockdown, included in the statement is a Stamp Duty Holiday, which could save you thousands! This new tax break announced today by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, raises the amount at which tax [...]

UK Housing Boom: £2,500 Jump in prices

February 25th, 2020|Commentary, Property Market Analysis, UK House Prices, UK Property Market Update|

UK Housing Boom Leads to £2,500 jump in asking prices UK's Housing Boom leads to a jump in the average asking price of £2,500. Asking prices jumping by more than £2,500 over the past month alone according to Rightmove. Therefore indicative that Britain’s property market is entering a new cycle of growth. The average asking [...]

2020 UK Property Market Forecast

January 15th, 2020|Property Market Analysis, Property Market Forecast|

2020 UK Property Market Forecast 2020 UK Property Market Forecast, what does 2020 have in store? After the end of 2019, closed with momentum behind it, a landslide conservative win and a majority government. This led U.K. property prices to continue to climb owing to the so-called “Boris Bounce,” according to a report from Halifax; [...]

Is UK Property Still A Foundation For A Balanced Portfolio?

June 2nd, 2019|Brexit, International Investor News, Property Market Analysis|

Is UK Property Still A Foundation For A Balanced Portfolio? Much has been reported about Brexit and how stable is the property market? Many were predicting property prices to plunge. In fact, the opposite has happened. What is happening with Brexit? Theresa May has tried and failed 3 times to pass the Withdrawal Agreement through [...]

UK Property Market Continues To Be Resilient

May 29th, 2019|Commentary|

UK Property Market Continues To Be Resilient Many fearmongers, including the bank of England chief suggested property prices would plummet, and the UK property market is defying predictions. With the latest data suggesting that transaction levels are holding steady. Latest data released by HMRC; shows residential property transactions in the UK decreased by just 0.3 [...]

UK House Prices Defy Brexit

May 20th, 2019|Commentary|

UK House Prices Defy Brexit, New Figures from Halifax House Price Index The latest figures from Halifax make for positive reading, UK House Prices Defy Brexit; +5.0% Annual change +4.2% Quarterly change +1.1% Monthly change £236,619 Average price On a monthly basis, house prices rose by 1.1%, versus a fall of 1.3% March. House prices in [...]

Brexit Latest & Property Prices

December 10th, 2018|Commentary, UK House Prices, UK Property Market Update, UK Property News|

Brexit Latest & UK Property Prices Updated 17th April 2019 Confidence in the UK as a place for investment is returning. The United Kingdom has been awarded the top spot in a survey which ranks how attractive countries are as investment destinations over the coming year. Despite “continued uncertainty stemming from its intention to leave the [...]

What Is The Best Location For UK Property Investment?

November 18th, 2018|Commentary, UK Property Market Update|

What Is The Best Location For UK Property Investment? What Is The Best Location For UK Property Investment? Well, the UK has long had a  "north-south divide".  In the past, the London property market has been the destination for many property investors. The north has been regarded as the industrial area of England, with the [...]