Category: Property Market News
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Property Market Update May 2015
Read the article: Property Market Update May 2015The local housing market has continued to heat up as we head towards summer. At MOV8 we enjoyed our busiest ever April with the number of sales agreed up by over 40% annually. There has been no sign of things slowing down in May, with sales already well ahead of 2014 levels with a week…
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MOV8 Property Market Update April 2015
Read the article: MOV8 Property Market Update April 2015The sun appears to have finally come out of hiding and, with spring now very much upon us, the local property market has continued to bloom. Last month at MOV8 we had more properties go under offer than during any month since we opened our doors almost 8 years ago. Sales during March were up…
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LBTT Replaces Stamp Duty
Read the article: LBTT Replaces Stamp DutyStamp Duty is no more in Scotland, but before homebuyers get too excited, it has been replaced Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT). To help you get familiar with the new system, here’s an in-depth look at who pays what, and what its impact on the market is likely to be. The New Tax Bands…
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March 2015 Property Market Update
Read the article: March 2015 Property Market UpdateIt seems like spring is finally here and, with the worst of the cold weather now hopefully behind us, let’s take our monthly look back at what has been happening in your local property market. A busy start to the year March is traditionally the month when we really see activity among home movers really…
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MOV8 Property Market Update February 2015
Read the article: MOV8 Property Market Update February 2015We’re not even two months into the new year but there’s already been plenty of goings on in the local property market. We’ve had late revisions to Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), a controversial decision to delay a key vote on the latest stage of the council’s Local Development Plan and, at MOV8, we…
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MOV8 Property Market Update January 2015
Read the article: MOV8 Property Market Update January 2015One month after New Stamp Duty replaced Old Stamp Duty in the UK and we in Scotland geared up for almost four months of that tax regime before it would change to Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT)…just when you thought it was safe to get your Stamp Duty calculator out…well, they’ve only gone and…
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New LBTT Rates Announced, Replacing Stamp Duty April 2015
Read the article: New LBTT Rates Announced, Replacing Stamp Duty April 2015The Scottish Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, announced further changes to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) system when the 2015-16 budget was debated at Holyrood on 21 January 2015. This will affect the rates of tax payable by property purchasers under LBTT when it replaces Stamp Duty, which itself has had a recent…
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Great Reasons To Put Your Home On The Market in January
Read the article: Great Reasons To Put Your Home On The Market in JanuaryTake Advantage of our January Sale! We’re offering a fine package of New Year discounts and other offers to kick off 2015 with a bang, and shake off the winter blues! The package includes a FREE Booster Pack (normally £240), a discount on your Home Report, and a FREE exterior photo re-shoot once the wintry…
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LBTT Rates Likely to be Changed
Read the article: LBTT Rates Likely to be ChangedNote 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/ As if there hasn’t been enough confusion about old Stamp Duty, new Stamp Duty (an overnight change), LBTT replacing new Stamp Duty…
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Scottish Conservatives propose Stamp Duty / LBTT rates cut
Read the article: Scottish Conservatives propose Stamp Duty / LBTT rates cutNote 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…
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