Tag: Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Property News Round Up February 2016
Read the article: Property News Round Up February 2016Property News Round Up February 2016 In this month’s bumper Property News Round-Up, we take a look at property sales and price trends, the extension of the Help to Buy Scheme in 2016, the planned supplement on Land and Buildings Transaction Tax for buy-to-let investors and second-home buyers as well as how likely it is…
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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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Christmas Cancelled for Property Solicitors and Estate Agents
Read the article: Christmas Cancelled for Property Solicitors and Estate AgentsIt’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…
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Property Market Update July 2014 – Press, Prices and Comment by MOV8 Real Estate
Read the article: Property Market Update July 2014 – Press, Prices and Comment by MOV8 Real EstateThe World Cup behind us, the Commonwealth Games are now well under way, the culmination of a year-long countdown and many more years of work behind the scenes. So has this excitement filtered down to the property market? For your monthly round-up of what has been happening in the property market in the past few…
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Property Market Update June 2014 – Press, Prices and Comment by MOV8 Real Estate
Read the article: Property Market Update June 2014 – Press, Prices and Comment by MOV8 Real EstateIt’s been a busy old month in Scottish property news, with lots of seemingly contradictory stories coming out. So what is the real picture? Is an interest rate rise imminent? What effect has the Mortgage Market Review had so far? We are now almost halfway through the year and about as far into the World…
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Monthly Scottish Property Market Update – March 2011
Read the article: Monthly Scottish Property Market Update – March 2011Budget 2011 Special! What Have I Written About Below and Why Should You Carry On Reading? George Osborne had his 15 Minutes of fame last week, announcing the Budget for 2011-12. There was not a huge amount in there for those looking at purchasing or selling a property in Scotland. In other news, initiatives were…
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What’s Happening in the Scottish Property Market and Property Prices – MOV8 Real Estate March 2013 Update
Read the article: What’s Happening in the Scottish Property Market and Property Prices – MOV8 Real Estate March 2013 UpdateIn spite of the freezing weather, the snow, the hail and the frankly general misery that the (allegedly) Spring-weather inflicted on the general population in March 2013, the property market didn’t do too badly. House prices seem to be moving in the right direction (if you’re an owner or a seller), though there was seemingly…
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Monthly Scottish Property Market News and Comment – What’s Happening in the Property Market and Property Prices in Scotland? March 2012
Read the article: Monthly Scottish Property Market News and Comment – What’s Happening in the Property Market and Property Prices in Scotland? March 2012It’s coming to the end of March and we really are full of the joys of spring! The hottest day on record for March, several days of sunshine…it’s hard not to be optimistic in this kind of weather. The only thing to worried about is that we are peaking too soon! So what’s been happening…
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Monthly Scottish Property Market Update – October 2010
Read the article: Monthly Scottish Property Market Update – October 2010October, October, why have thou forsaken me? In August we were reporting the busiest month that we’ve ever had and I was questioning whether the old wisdom about spring and autumn being the best months in the property market really applied any more. And then October happened…oh, October.
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March 2010 – Edinburgh and Lothian Property Market Update
Read the article: March 2010 – Edinburgh and Lothian Property Market UpdateI’m going to divide this Property Market Update into two sections. First, a general market update which hopefully, as always, helps to give an ACTUAL take on what is happening in the property market rather than headline-grabbing statistics that can often be read in the newspapers. Second, I’ll cover the new Stamp Duty regime, announced…
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