It’s been three years since the tragedy of Grenfell, which was caused by a fire on the fourth floor of a 24-story building and resulted in the devastating deaths of 72 residents. We are now seeing thousands of City Centre residents trapped in their apartments due to similarly un-safe and flammable cladding surrounding their homes.
Take the upsurge in house prices with a pinch of salt
The property boom cannot last.
House prices have skyrocketed, with annual growth hitting 7.3pc as of September 2020. But the boom is completely out of sync with current economic conditions and the looming recession. Analysts are warning it cannot last.
How can homes sell 26 days more quickly?
If you’re about to put your home on the market and are hoping to move before the stamp duty deadline, we’d like to share some advice with you.
Buy-to-Let Tax Loopholes: How to use the current disruption to your advantage
We recently spoke about the nearing deadline for the stamp duty holiday, but attention is now being drawn to the fast approaching cut off date to send in your self-assessment tax return.
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Save Homebuyers from the Stamp Duty Meltdown
There will be hundreds of thousands of homebuyers who will be caught out by the stamp duty holiday deadline on March 31st 2021. Continue reading
5 Outdoor Areas To Visit in Birmingham
With the announcement of the third national lockdown earlier this month, now is the chance to switch up your location for your daily walk.
Love Your Postcode predicts the future of house prices in 2021
At Love Your Postcode, we have predicted what the future prices of houses will be in 2021. The future of house prices is a tug of war between two conflicting post-pandemic forces: economic ruin and state intervention.
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Your questions answered – January 2021 lockdown guidance for agents
Can I still move home? Attend viewings? Sell my house? We answer all your questions below on the latest UK national lockdown.
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London leavers buy £27.6bn worth of property outside the capital in 2020
In 2020, London leavers purchased 73,950 homes outside the capital, the highest number in four years, despite a seven-week closure of the housing market, according to analysis from a UK wide Estate Agency.
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The stamp duty holiday. Has it backfired?
A lot like a Pac-Man gobbling up dots, investors have been hoovering up properties in recent months.
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Can you still move home in all local tiers?
Are Birmingham residents allowed to move home? As we come to the end of the second lockdown, the government has announced a few changes to the three-tier system that was in place previously across England. Continue reading
A trough is almost inevitable after a peak this high
The property market in The Midlands and Birmingham is almost at the crest of its wave, inching towards its inevitable trough.
Calls to extend stamp duty holiday mount as fears of slump grow
The UK’s surging housing market could go into sharp reverse next year if the stamp duty holiday is not extended, risking a damaging slump, the government has been told.