Has there ever been a better time for Hounslow home sellers? The Hounslow property market, for people looking to sell, is at its sturdiest for at least the last five years with home buyers jumping […]
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Hounslow Home Buyers £2,669,136 Windfall as Stamp Duty Holiday Stretched to September……and new 5% deposit mortgages for Hounslow first-time buyers
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced two initiatives to keep the Hounslow property market firing on all cylinders into 2021. Firstly, the £500,000 zero-rate Stamp Duty band has been extended to the 30th June 2021. After […]
Hounslow Property Market: Is it Time to Stamp Out Stamp Duty?
Most people pay Stamp Duty Tax when they buy a property, house, apartment or other land and buildings over a particular price in the UK. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak (quickly followed suit by the Welsh and Scottish Governments), announced last July that Stamp Duty was partially being suspended on all English property transactions up to £500,000 (£250,000 in Wales and Scotland) – a Stamp Duty Holiday.
How Will the Brexit Deal Affect Hounslow House Prices and Your Mortgage Payments?
Christmas Eve brought the news that Boris Johnson had conclusively agreed on a Brexit deal for the UK with the European Union. This gave optimism that the economic turmoil of leaving the EU would be radically reduced, yet what will this ‘trade deal’ do to the value of your Hounslow home and the mortgage payments you will have to make?
As Unemployment Hits 9.5% in Hounslow,
12 months ago, the unemployment rate in Hounslow stood at 3.5% of the working population, yet with Coronavirus hitting the UK, what impact will this rise in unemployment have on the Hounslow property market?
Will the Hounslow Crash in 2021?
n the last few months, the Hounslow (and UK) property market has resisted and flouted every economist’s prediction. With the economy a shadow of its former self, unemployment set to hit 11.9%, the Government on track to borrow nearly half a trillion pounds to pay for Coronavirus support packages etc.,
The 2020 Review of the Hounslow Property Market
Looking back at the Hounslow property market for 2020, it can certainly be seen as a frenetic game of two halves, albeit with a very long half time in the spring. Between the General Election […]
As Hounslow First-time Buyers are Being Locked Out of the Hounslow Property Market – Rents Have Fallen by 3.6%
With the banks reducing the number of low deposit mortgages (i.e. deposit of 10% and below) since Covid-19 hit in the spring, this has meant that the number of Hounslow first-time buyers has been decreasing quickly, […]