November 2, 2020

There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown – the housing market is staying open. However, there will be some short-notice changes on the fringes of agency activity. This includes an extension to the owner occupiers’ and landlords’ mortgage holiday; and an extension… Read More »Mortgage holiday set to be extended as housing market stays open

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday exemption. For transactions in the year to April 2020 – so including a little of the spring lockdown period, but none of the current SDLT holiday – residential stamp… Read More »Stamp Duty receipts up despite first time buyer exemption