Jul 3, 2018 | Bullet Point Update
Some modest relief from “Land and Buildings Transaction Tax” (“LBTT”) has been introduced for first-time buyers. The relevant statutory order (the snappily-titled “Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (First-Time Buyer Relief)(Scotland) Order 2018”) came into force on...
Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, Residential Property
Halifax has revealed that prices in the final quarter of 2017 (October-December) were 2.7% higher than in the same three months of the previous year. In addition house prices in that quarter were 1.3% higher than in the previous quarter (July-September).However...
Jan 11, 2018 | Blog, Residential Property
New research by Halifax has revealed that the total value of privately owned UK housing stock has surpassed £6 trillion for the first time. Since 2007 the total value of private residential property in the UK has grown by £1.94 trillion (or 48%) to an estimated £6.02...