Stamp duty rise will create anomalies and uncertainty
An accountancy firm has warned that the new stamp duty charge will hit married couples, civil partners buying their first ...
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Rents up 18% in Brighton and Bristol as prices soar across the UK
Brighton and Bristol recorded the highest rent increases in Britain last year, new figures have revealed. According to Homelet’s annual ...
Could a rise in your house price pay for your commute?
A new study has found that house prices in some areas are rising so fast that commuters can earn enough ...
Number of first-time buyers falls
The number of first-time buyers in 2015 fell for the first time in four years, according to the annual Halifax ...
Tory peer criticises the government’s “sudden attack” on buy-to-let
A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has condemned the government’s “sudden attack” on the buy-to-let ...
The top commuter hotspots in the UK
The Surrey market town of Dorking has come out top in a new survey of commuter hotspots, seeing off competition from ...
Number of first-time buyers jumps by nearly a quarter
The number of first-time buyers rose by almost a quarter in November, the highest monthly total since the economic downturn. ...
Number of sales to first-time buyers plummets
The number of sales to first-time buyers nosedived in November as supply dipped and demand grew, new data has revealed. ...
Government announces plans to build 13,000 affordable homes on public land
The government is to directly commission the building of up to 13,000 new affordable homes on public land as part ...
Treasury to consider giving the Bank of England greater powers over buy-to-let
The British government could hand the Bank of England stronger powers to regulate the buy-to-let market. The Treasury announced today ...
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