stamp duty holiday

The top 20 areas feeling the most stamp duty holiday heat for homes sold

Research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has shown which parts of the property market are feeling the most stamp duty holiday heat when it comes to transaction levels and sold prices.

GetAgent analysed Land Registry sold price records since the initiative was launched on the 8th July last year to reveal the top 20 areas with the most homes sold, as well as the...

Typical British houses

Eleven of twelve UK regions seeing a worrying lack of properties coming to market

Eleven of twelve UK regions are experiencing a significant shortage of homes being put on the market, according to new data.

The figures from Quick Move Now and Home.co.uk show the number of new properties that came onto the market in April 2021 was significantly lower than April 2019 levels in every region except Greater London.

Nationally, the number of new properties on...

Flooded houses

Warning over hidden flood risk as buyers dash to beat stamp duty deadline

  • 530,000 properties in England face a more extreme risk of flooding than official maps suggest, according to Zurich UK
  • A home with a 3% chance of flooding in any year has a 63% likelihood of being inundated over a typical 30-year mortgage
  • Calls for Environment Agency to update the way it communicates flood risk to help households better understand their flood
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Negative Equity

Negative Equity Warning For First-Time Buyers

MORTGAGE experts are warning buyers to beware of negative equity as property prices soar in the scramble to catch the stamp duty holiday.

They fear the value of homes could drop later in the year leaving new homeowners owing more than their house is worth, at least in the short term, especially if they have taken out a 95 per cent mortgage.

It comes as research from First...

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The cash buyer hotspots giving sellers the best chance of beating the market bottleneck

Research from homebuying platform, YesHomebuyers , has revealed where homesellers can maximise their chances of beating the current market bottleneck by securing a cash buyer.

Buyer activity has exploded since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday and while top line market health remains strong, an undercurrent of panic has started to build as many homebuyers and sellers remain...

Money Pot

UK agents have generated £2.7 billion in fees thanks to the stamp duty holiday

Research from WiggyWam, the all-in-one property platform, shows that UK estate agents have generated an estimated £2.7 billion in agency fees since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday.

Since July of last year, the housing market has experienced unprecedented demand and estate agents have been working flat out.

An estimated 772,830 transactions have completed between...

Last Chance To Save Thousands of Pounds in Stamp Duty in Lancashire

BUYERS looking to secure a move to a new home in Lancashire could save thousands of pounds in Stamp Duty – but they’ll need to be quick.

Anwyl Homes has a small number of homes at Stonebridge Fold, Longridge; Bluebell Meadows, Fulwood and Lawrence Gardens, Barton, that will be ready to move into in time to meet the June 30 deadline for the Government’s Stamp Duty holiday.

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These areas of the property market aren’t feeling the stamp duty holiday heat

The latest research by Yes Homebuyers has revealed which markets have failed to accelerate with the help of the stamp duty holiday.

The research shows that: -

- The City of London has seen the lowest number of total homes sold since last July at just 40.

- Rutland has also failed to keep pace with the rest of the market, with just 282 sales recorded since July 2020...

Cliff in France

These are the markets most likely to feel the SDLT cliff edge

The latest research from GetAgent.co.uk has revealed which areas of the property market in England and Wales are most likely to see a property market crash landing due to the end of the stamp duty holiday.

The latest house price data by the Land Registry has revealed how the market reacted as we approached the original stamp duty holiday deadline in March of this year, before an...

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House prices could boom by a further £30,000 this year

The house price boom caused by the introduction of the stamp duty holiday could see the average house price across England climb by another £23,000 before the end of the year, should current market trends continue.

Research by estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , analysed the average monthly rate of house price growth since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday...

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