Property transactions in the UK took a tumble in January for the first time in nine months, in the latest sign the pandemic-fuelled market boom is coming to an end. There were 98,830 residential property transactions last month, according to HMRC’s provisional estimate of UK residential transactions – 25.2 per cent fewer than December 2020. … Read more
The scramble to beat the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 has added £57,000 onto the price of the average home – up to five times the amount that would have been saved in tax. Since the stamp duty holiday was introduced last July home movers have saved an average of £11,566 … Read more
Stamp duty holiday boosts number of house sales by close to 140% to their highest level since 2007 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 February 2021 The stamp duty holiday boosted the number of house sales by close to 140 per cent to … Read more
Property sales that are worth £1.5 billion are at risk of collapsing unless the Chancellor can be persuaded to extend the stamp duty holiday. The staggering sum represents two-thirds of buyers nationwide who are in a chain where someone is dependent on completion before the March 31 deadline, according to lender Paragon. Rightmove says about … Read more
Extending the stamp duty holiday by six weeks would save home buyers in England a further £1billion, according to new predictions. Pushing the cut-off date back from 31 March to mid-May would mean that between 120,000 and 160,000 additional property sales would be able to complete and save up to £15,000 on their stamp duty … Read more
An estimated three quarters of a million home buyers are set to benefit from the Government’s stamp duty holiday, saving themselves nearly £5billion in tax. Around 740,000 people who agreed sales between May and December 2020 have either already taken advantage of the saving, or will do before the deadline, according to property portal Zoopla. … Read more
Princess Eugenie is set to give newborn son middle name Stamp in honour of 19th century Governor of the Bank of England Princess Eugenie gave birth to baby boy on Tuesday at Portland Hospital The 30-year-old is yet to announce the name of the lad, 11th in line to the throne It has been suggested … Read more
Rishi Sunak considers extending the stamp duty holiday to prevent buyers dropping out of home sales if they miss the March deadline The Chancellor fears transactions worth billions are at risk with current deadline He is considering extending the holiday until mid-May to help buyers The current March 31 deadline could cause a ‘completion trap’ … Read more
Kourtney Kardashian is a golden goddess in a slinky a metal bikini … as she reveals that ‘a stamp with tiny needles’ is the secret to her youthful skin By Caitlyn Becker For Dailymail.com Published: 18:41 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 18:41 GMT, 9 February 2021 Kourtney Kardashian is letting slip the secret to … Read more
Premier League clubs fear new laws to combat vile online trolls will NOT go far enough as Government vows to make social media firms more accountable after a string of attacks on players Clubs are not convinced that laws to tackle online abuse will be effective enough Government want to make Twitter, Instagram and Facebook more … Read more