If you were planning to buy and/or sell your home this year no doubt the global COVID-19 pandemic has recently brought your plans to an abrupt halt. With Estate Agents physical offices closed and their teams working from home to Mortgage Lenders halting new applications the likelihood of being able to move home right now […]

Every part of life is currently being dictated by the Coronavirus and Government policies, the housing market is no different. To date Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced financial measures of £350 billion in order to help the UK economy. 20th March 2020 Bank of England cut interest rates to the lowest ever 0.1%. This is […]

If you are buying a home in England or Northern Ireland and paying more than £125,000 (or more than £40,000 for second homes), then you will have to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) to HMRC . This applies to both freehold and leasehold properties and whether you are buying outright or using a mortgage. […]

Buy to let properties have always been popular investments, especially over the past 20/30 years. Buying a property to let is exactly what it sounds like: you purchase a residential property with the intention of letting it out for a profit. When you buy a property to let, you become a landlord. When you become […]