Tag: Stamp duty
about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Builder, 34, wins massive £3million London home and huge £100k jackpot in raffle

Builder Kevin Johnson, 34, won the four-bed Victorian-style town house in Islinghton, north London, in a £50-a-ticket...

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over 1 year ago
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Man says he's terrorised by unbearable mystery noise like popping bubble wrap in new flat

Nazirali Tejani is suing for more than £1million in damages and says he is unable to live in the luxury pad or rent i...

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over 2 years ago
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House prices have risen by £1,691 a month since lockdown began in March 2020

In England, the North West has been the strongest performing region with an average house price of just over £209,000...

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over 2 years ago
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Rishi Sunak's stamp duty holiday sparked buy to let bonanza and blow to first time buyers

Labour analysis found the number of buy to let mortgages tripled after the chancellor announced the tax cut in his 20...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Super-rich 'are able to avoid stamp duty because of Government's tinkering on property taxes'

A decade of changing property tax tules has meant the Blairs and Russian billionaires have been able to avoid payment...

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almost 3 years ago
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Eight postcodes where house prices have risen by more than £100,000 this year

Demand for homes has sky-rocketed in the past year after new working arrangements sent people flooding out of the cit...

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almost 3 years ago
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Average home hits £231,000 as demand continues to soar past stamp duty break

Surging demand for houses will last well into 2022 as buyers continue to look for more room after being forced to ret...

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almost 3 years ago
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First-time buyers who spent pandemic saving every penny buy house for £540,000

EXCLUSIVE: Abi Krone, 29, and her fiancé had been renting and saving for seven years while living in a cramped studio...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

'We bought a house without even viewing it because there's too much competition'

EXCLUSIVE: First-time buyers Shannon and Shane said the housing market made them anxious - with properties selling ‘i...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

'Race for space' as house prices soar by eye-watering £23,930 in a year

Across the UK, property values hit a new record average of £242,832 - up by £23,930 compared with 12 months earlier

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almost 3 years ago
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First-time buyers say stamp duty holiday almost cost them their family home

Jackson Higginbottom, and his partner Holly from St Ives, have spent the past four years saving for the deposit to bu...

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about 3 years ago
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House demand rockets 140% in four months in popular south west county

In the first quarter of this year, 15.2million people searched for properties to buy in Cornwall - up 141% on the sam...

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about 3 years ago
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Kirstie Allsopp urges people to 'stop rushing to buy homes' in 'heated' market

The property expert said people are 'fighting over' mediocre houses that would ordinary not sell for more than the as...

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about 3 years ago
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Housebuyers warned they have just 10 weeks left before stamp duty holiday ends

The payment holiday, which was extended in March, is due to end on Wednesday, June 30, and all transactions must be c...

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about 3 years ago
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House price 'mini boom' continues as homes rocket £20,000 in a year

The average property will now set you back £268,000 in England, £180,000 in Wales and £162,000 in Scotland, latest ON...

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about 3 years ago
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Lockdown leaves first time buyers £800 better off than renters

Monthly rental costs have increased by 10% to £821 in the past year, while monthly buying costs have increased by 1% ...

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about 3 years ago
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10 most affordable towns for house buyers - where a home will cost you £60k

In Scotland, towns in Ayrshire dominated the list, with Kilbirnie and Cumnock ranking in third and fourth place respe...

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about 3 years ago
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Average house to rise £10,000 this year with biggest 5 year spike in Yorkshire

Estate Agent Savills said areas further away from London, where house prices tend to be lower compared with incomes, ...

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about 3 years ago
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What today's Budget announcements mean exactly for your money, job and wages

The Chancellor unveiled extensions to the furlough scheme, business rates relief, the £20 boost to weekly Universal C...

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about 3 years ago
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Stamp duty holiday extended until June with extra support until September

Tens of thousands of buyers who have been set back by Covid and conveyancing delays will be able to complete their pu...

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about 3 years ago
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Taylor Wimpey sets up £125million fund to fix flammable cladding on 232 blocks

Many leaseholders have been left unable to sell or mortgage their homes because of safety fears in the wake of the Gr...

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about 3 years ago
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Fuel duty 'to be frozen' for tenth year in a row in Budget

Rishi Sunak is reportedly set to continue the freeze on fuel taxes - which costs the Treasury around half a billion p...

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about 3 years ago
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Postcodes with the biggest house price rises in 2020 - see where your area sits

EXCLUSIVE A Mirror investigation has revealed the streets where property prices have risen - and fallen - the most in...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Help to Buy extended after thousands of buyers told their homes aren't built yet

The government has agreed to extend the deadline for the previous help to buy scheme after buyers were struck by dela...

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over 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Latest news on a possible stamp duty holiday extension, and when it is due to end

A debate was held in Parliament on Monday after 139,000 people signed a petition calling for the stamp duty holiday t...

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over 3 years ago
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Stamp duty extension to be debated by MPs after petition hits 129,000 signatures

Calls to extend the stamp duty holiday will go to Parliament on Monday after an online petition reached over 129,000 ...

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over 3 years ago
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More than 16,000 first-time buyers will have to pay stamp duty despite holiday

Delays on more than 16,000 new-build properties because of the coronavirus pandemic mean many could miss the stamp du...

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