Tag: property demand
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MOV8 Property Market Update October 2014
Read the article: MOV8 Property Market Update October 2014There are some months where I stare at a blank page and wonder what on earth to write about the past month in the Scottish property market. And then there are months like this where I don’t know how to filter it down! This month has seen the announcement of a monumental change in the…
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Land and Buildings Transaction Tax to Replace Stamp Duty in Scotland in 2015
Read the article: Land and Buildings Transaction Tax to Replace Stamp Duty in Scotland in 2015The finer details have just been announced for the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax that is due to replace Stamp Duty in April 2015. So, what are the new levels of tax on property purchases? What effect will this have on the property market? And it this an improvement on the existing system of Stamp…
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Property Market Update September 2014 – Scottish Independence Referendum Special
Read the article: Property Market Update September 2014 – Scottish Independence Referendum SpecialFor anyone who doesn’t have Facebook, Twitter, friends, a local newsagent, a town crier or the Internet, there is an outside chance that you will be unaware of the historic vote that took place in Scotland on 18 September. For anyone who has access to just one of the above sources of news, you will…
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Indy No Vote Will Cause Spike in Scottish Property Prices
Read the article: Indy No Vote Will Cause Spike in Scottish Property PricesAfter the announcement of today’s historic result in the Scottish Independence Referendum, with the country voting ‘No’ to an independent Scotland, many Scots will now be asking what the effect of this ‘No’ vote will be on the Scottish property market. In short, I predict that the ‘No’ vote will cause a positive ‘bounce’ in…
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Is Scottish Independence Referendum Affecting House Prices?
Read the article: Is Scottish Independence Referendum Affecting House Prices?I was catching-up on property news headlines this morning and came across an article in The Telegraph stating that the upcoming referendum vote was having a negative impact on the Scottish property market. Not only that, it was apparently causing a change in solicitor practice with regards to how they submit offers, with offers now being…
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Property Market Update August 2014
Read the article: Property Market Update August 2014With parents across Scotland and shedding a tear after sending their kids off to school for the first time or breathing a quiet sigh of relief that they have some peace a quiet now that the schools are back, property news has continued unabated. Here are the top stories from the past month as well…
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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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Lies, Darned Lies and Average House Price Indexes – Should You Pay Attention to Average House Price Surveys?
Read the article: Lies, Darned Lies and Average House Price Indexes – Should You Pay Attention to Average House Price Surveys?With reports in the media this month that average house prices in Scotland are growing at the longest sustained rate for four years, we thought we would examine ‘average house price’ surveys and the house price reports that lie behind these regular Press reports. So, can you trust house price surveys? Where do they get…
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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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Property Market Update May 2014
Read the article: Property Market Update May 2014After the Easter holiday, May has been a month punctuated by various bank holidays, local holidays and public sector holidays, seriously affecting the ability to settle house sales or arrange mortgage finance or find property buyers who weren’t away to the coast for the weekend. In spite of this, the property market continues to build…
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