As news hits us that Stamp Duty is to be abolished for first time property buyers purchasing property under £300,000 along with the underwhelming downgrade of the official economic growth estimations, reactions from our experts are as follows. Paresh Raja, CEO of bridging specialist MFS stated “After an underwhelming Spring Budget […]
The Government’s autumn budget is set to enforce a variety of changes that will ultimately have an impact on the UK property investment market. Although as of this moment, we’re still unsure what exactly the changes will be, experts are beginning to suggest what that may mean for the market, […]
The UK Government has announced its intentions to reform the home-buying process by addressing practices like gazumping. At the same time, with interest rates set to rise for the first time in a decade to 0.5%, industry bodies are also calling for the Government to scrap Stamp Duty in next […]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has delivered his first and last Spring Budget. If you’re a landlord, a homeowner, you’re saving to get on the property ladder, or you’re renting in London, read Portico London estate agent’s summary of how the Budget will affect you… I’m a landlord […]
The Government’s decision to reduce mortgage interest relief for landlords could, in conjunction with other welfare changes, actually make housing problems in the UK even worse. Many people have the perception that landlords are often fat-cats who have huge portfolios and it is understandable that the Government would want to […]
