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23 July 2022
From: Features
![Buying Unseen - not as mad as it seems says leading agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty surcharge likely to hit foreign investment in UK property - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents won’t lose investment buyers after SDLT holiday - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty is a Southern tax and won’t hurt wealthy foreign buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Brexit transition period: change, or just more of the same?](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...
22 February 2020
From: Features
![Brexit challenges for agents and the property industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features
![Mortgage firms respond quickly to attract more investment buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
The proportion of mortgage products available for investor buyers operating through limited companies has risen by over 50 per cent in...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![New homes must be marketed to Britons first, say Liberal Democrats](/img/default/eat.png)
The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Inheritance Tax will be next obstacle to London's recovery - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The extension of Inheritance Tax from April is likely to hinder the recovery of the battered prime central London market according...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Transactions 60% down in some parts of London, admits agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Transaction volumes across all of London are 48 per cent lower than they were a year ago, claims an estate agency...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housing market in the doldrums as owner occupier borrowing falls](/img/default/eat.png)
Home-owners borrowed £8.1 billion for house purchases in April, which was four per cent down on the same month a year ago. There...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News
!['Buy now - but you can get your deposit back if the UK votes for a Brexit...'](/img/default/eat.png)
A developer is making an offer to buyers of selected units at his new scheme in Slough - buy now but...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Ban foreigners buying existing homes, says right wing think tank](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bow Group - a think-tank that was previously a solid backer of the Tories but has recently flirted with UKIP...