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Housing market

Housing market

Three things clients may call you about this week...

Our pick of the big stories

clock 08 May 2016 • 2 min read

Housing market

Conservatives to promise £1bn housing fund and right-to-buy extension

The Conservative Party will promise a £1bn fund for building 400,000 new properties on brownfield sites as part of two big housing announcements in its manifesto unveiled later today.

clock 14 April 2015 •
Stamp duty revenues 'soar to £8bn record high'

First time buyers

Stamp duty revenues 'soar to £8bn record high'

The housing market recovery helped stamp duty revenues soar by a fifth in 2014-2015 to a record high of £8bn, according to research.

clock 12 March 2015 •
Financial services firms team with property surveyors

Networks/Clubs

Financial services firms team with property surveyors

Two financial services firms have teamed up with property surveyors to fuel their growth strategies and benefit from new revenue streams in the UK housing market.

clock 05 January 2015 •

ISAs

Mortgage approvals down 20% on 2013, as ISA savings rise 38%

High street bank mortgage approvals were down 20% in November compared with the year before, new figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) have shown.

clock 24 December 2014 •

Tax Planning

Advisers welcome 'ingenious' stamp duty overhaul

Advisers have welcomed the Chancellor's overhaul of the taxation system around buying property, saying it is an "ingenious" idea that will benefit the majority of clients.

clock 04 December 2014 • 3 min read
AS14: Osborne bins 'single slab' stamp duty; unveils marginal tiers

Tax Planning

AS14: Osborne bins 'single slab' stamp duty; unveils marginal tiers

The government is to do away with the existing 'single slab' approach to stamp duty on residential property purchases, introducing a new tiered charge from 4 December.

clock 03 December 2014 •

Economics / Markets

Bean: Interest rates may be 'only game in town' to dampen housing market

The Bank of England may find monetary policy such as raising interest rates "the only game in town" to combat financial stability risks such as the housing market, the deputy governor has warned.

clock 21 May 2014 •
Lloyds caps affordability to 4x income to rein in raging market risk

Housing market

Lloyds caps affordability to 4x income to rein in raging market risk

Lloyds, the UK's biggest lender, has put an immediate cap on income multiples on mortgages over £500,000 to primarily target the London market in a bid to combat the capital's swiftly rising property price inflation.

clock 21 May 2014 •
Economists heap pressure on Osborne over Help to Buy

First time buyers

Economists heap pressure on Osborne over Help to Buy

Prominent economists have added to calls for the government to pull back from the mortgage guarantee element of its Help to Buy initiative, arguing it is no longer needed.

clock 12 May 2014 •
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