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Lender calls for significant change in property tax in the UK

Stamp duty in the UK residential market remains a significant obstacle for house buyers to address and should be reformed, according to one of the country’s leading lenders. The Yorkshire Building Society is urging the Government to reform the property tax so that it is paid by sellers rather than buyers as this would help […] The post Lender calls for significant change in property tax in the UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

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Official house building figures for England and Wales are widely inaccurate, it is claimed

The UK Government’s most publicised measure of house building excludes around a fifth of all new build completions every year, according to a new report. Flawed methodology and poor returns from Local Authorities in England and Wales mean around 30,000 new builds are not counted in the official numbers, the Ghost Towns report from the […] The post Official house building figures for England and Wales are widely inaccurate, it is claimed appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

Posted on September 20, 2016 by tsiadmin | Posted in affordable, Asia, Asking Prices, Australasia, Brexit, Builders, building, buy, Buy to Let, completion, construction, data, Deposit, Developers, Development, Dubai, England, Europe, government, growth, home, home owners, homes, house building, Housing, Index, Investment, investments, land, Landlords, Legal, letting, Letting Agents, London, market, Middle East, mortgage, moving, new, New Homes, New Zealand, News, official figures, ONS, Outlook, owners, ownership, Planning, policy, prices, prime, Prime Property, Property, property market, rent, renters, rents, research, Scotland, Shows, Supply, survey, tax, Taylor Scott International, Tenants, Towns, Transactions, TSI, Uk, US, USE, Wales, young people | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Official house building figures for England and Wales are widely inaccurate, it is claimed

Asking prices in UK up again after two months of decline, latest index shows

Asking prices in the UK increased by 0.7% or £2,277 in September after falling 2% in the previous two months, according to the latest index figures to be published. This took the average asking price to £306,499 and up 4% year on year, the data from Rightmove shows. But in London prices increased by 1.9% […] The post Asking prices in UK up again after two months of decline, latest index shows appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

Posted on September 19, 2016 by tsiadmin | Posted in affordable, Asia, Asking Prices, Australasia, Barking, Brexit, building, buy, Buy to Let, Buyers, Deposit, Deposits, Developers, Dubai, Europe, expensive, first time buyer, first time buyers, government, home, home owners, homes, Housing, housing market, housng, Index, Investment, investments, land, Landlords, Legal, Lending, letting, London, market, Middle East, mortgage, move, moving, new, New Homes, New Zealand, News, obstacles, office, ONS, Outlook, owners, ownership, Planning, policy, prices, prime, Prime Property, Property, property market, Real Estate, regional, rent, renting, rents, research, Residential, Rightmove, sales, Scotland, Shows, Supply, survey, Taylor Scott International, Tenants, Transactions, TSI, Uk, US, USE | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Asking prices in UK up again after two months of decline, latest index shows