Note that the Scottish Government announced new rates of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) on 21 January 2015. For the most up-to-date position, as of 23 January 2015, please look at: http://www.mov8realestate.com/2015/01/changes-lbtt-rates-april/ Within weeks of the UK Government’s changes to Stamp Duty, and with less than three months to go before Stamp Duty Land…
MOV8 Real Estate is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted as finalists in both of the categories that we entered in for the Scott & Co Legal Awards 2015. Those two categories are Community Contribution and Employer of the Year. It is an honour to be shortlisted amongst so many fantastic legal firms. The Legal…
2014 has been quite an eventful year for the Scottish property market! A September referendum on whether or not Scotland should become independent, final details of a new property tax to replace Stamp Duty in Scotland from 1 April 2015, a shock announcement about changes to Stamp Duty in the UK effective from December 2014,…
What does 2015 have in store for the Scottish property market? For our predictions for the Scottish Property Market in 2015, read on… The most significant event (that we know of so far) will be the replacement of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on 1 April with Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT). For a…
As many of you will know, we have recently pledged to help Corstorphine Primary School raise £5,000 towards creating a brand new playground for the children. We pledged to raise this money in a fun, educational and beneficial way, empowering the children to have the confidence to try new things and explore new ideas. Last…
If your property is already on the market, you have probably heard in the Press in the past few days about significant changes that have happened, literally overnight, to the Stamp Duty regime. So, if you’re already on the market, what are the changes and how might they affect your sale? In Summary From 1…
It’s official…if you’re an estate agent in Scotland this year, Christmas is cancelled. And it’s George Osborne’s fault. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, at times not the most popular man in Scotland anyway, has effectively cancelled Christmas holidays for every estate agent and property solicitor in Scotland in 2014 by announcing a reform of Stamp Duty that…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…and what better way to kick off the festive season than with our very own hand-drawn Christmas greeting? On Friday, 28 November we had the pleasure of announcing the winner of our Christmas poster competition. Many of you will know that, as well as donating half of the…
The UK government, on 3 December 2014, announced a radical overhaul of the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT or Stamp Duty) system in its Autumn Statement. It comes into force on 4 December 2014. In Scotland, it will then be replaced by LBTT (Land and Buildings Transaction Tax) for Scottish property transactions completing after 1 April…
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