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![Property Natter - An Englishman's home is his castle.....more or less!](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...
30 March 2024
From: Features
!['Paying more for less' – report reveals state of UK housing](/upload/images/shutterstock_1357119902.jpg)
The UK’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, new research suggests. Analysis by the Resolution Foundation...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shadow Chancellor slammed for mortgage costs claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated_400x310.png)
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been criticised for figures she used when highlighting how much mortgage borrowers are set to see...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rising mortgage rates are worse than 2p tax hike - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929426920.jpg)
The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike, new analysis by...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage bills set to rise by £3,000 – warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Homeowners face paying an extra £3,000 for their mortgage next year, new research suggests. Analysis from the Resolution Foundation thintank suggests that...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax on ALL homes - government told to act](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
A new report wants the government to consider slapping Capital Gains Tax on profits made from appreciating house values for all...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday did NOT cause market frenzy - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![The post-Covid outlook: what next for the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features
![Wealthy home owners benefit most from pandemic economic fallout](/img/default/eat.png)
The Covid-19 crisis has been marked by so-called high-wealth households amassing savings and benefitting from rising house prices far more than...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Home ownership ‘cause of inter-generational strife’ - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Urban Flight - move to rural homes only for well off, says think tank](/img/default/eat.png)
A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Good News: Negative equity threat “far lower” than after 2008 recession](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![First time buyers lose out whatever happens to house prices - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Many young people are stuck unable to purchase their first home even if house prices fall in the wake of the...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![One in 10 Britons has a second home, buy to let or overseas property](/img/default/eat.png)
Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shelter and Generation Rent? Radical? Don’t make me laugh…](/img/default/eat.png)
Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...
30 March 2019
From: Features
![First time buyers have it easy if they have wealthy parents, says report](/img/default/eat.png)
Young people whose parents have property wealth are now almost three times as likely to be homeowners by the age of...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Are cultural stereotypes damaging the UK property sector?](/img/default/eat.png)
100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...
26 May 2018
From: Features
![Most senior Tory MP yet says she's open to stamp duty reform](/img/default/eat.png)
Nicky Morgan, a former Cabinet minister and now chair of the highly respected Commons' Treasury Select Committee, is the most senior...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Tory-led body says second home owners should be penalised more](/img/default/eat.png)
A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Home ownership has halved for young families in parts of the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Home ownership has halved for young families across some parts of the UK according to a charity. The Resolution Foundation says its...