HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is making fewer “get out of jail” deals with tax dodgers, fuelling concerns others will be afraid to come forward and pay up. The number of Contractual Disclosure Facility agreements, which are effective plea bargains, entered into by...
Read moreProperty website Rightmove has upgraded its growth forecast for 2020 – but only to 2% One North East agent predicted price growth of 5% in 2020, but this is modest compared to recent booms Property experts remain cautious on house prices but say election could...
Read moreRestrictions to a tax relief on the sale of main home to be introduced from April Restrictions to ‘lettings relief’ are also set to be introduced next year From April where CGT is due on the sale of main home, sellers must declare it in an online return...
Read moreChristmas Day is the day in December most likely to see a fire service in England called out to a property, according to research from Direct Line Home Insurance. The 25th sees a 12% spike in callouts compared to the monthly average. Over the last three years alone,...
Read moreThey say cash is king, but when it comes to investing in property, is it better to take a mortgage or to buy a home outright? Those investing in property to fund their retirement or to generate additional income have seen their returns squeezed in recent times...
Read moreThe Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 0. 75% but indicated it may cut the cost of borrowing if global economic growth fails to recover or Brexit uncertainties persist. It said the UK economy was expected to pick up from its current weakness. ...
Read moreWe are given ten months from the end of the tax year until 31 January to complete online tax returns. Despite this, over 730,000 of us left it until 31 January to do so last year and another 730,000 missed the deadline altogether. Apparently 2,616 poor sods even filed...
Read moreHomeowners who live at number 13 are seeing their value of their property hit by more than £22,000, a study has revealed. Every year around 1. 2 million homes are sold across the UK, with the value of houses dropping dramatically because of the so-called unlucky...
Read moreSo, we may have a general election to navigate in the coming months – and one group who will be watching the opinion polls closer than most will be Britain’s 2. 6 million landlords. The reason being that, should the Labour Party emerge triumphant and Jeremy...
Read moreAround 1,800 properties are estimated to have flooded across the North Damage is expected to cost the insurance industry between £80m and £120m Insurance service Flood Re was set up to help those living in flood-risk areas But businesses and homes built after 2009...
Read moreThe manifestos are out and it’s uninspiring stuff on housing. All were thin on detail and big on political point-scoring – hitting the usual enemies, including overseas buyers, second-home owners and buy-to-let landlords. Even core ambitions have been lowered...
Read moreNumber of homes for sale down 15% compared to last year, Rightmove says Drop in sales is much lower at 2. 9%, with North East and Scotland seeing a rise Average asking prices down 1. 3%, or £3,904, in a month but up 0. 3% on last year ‘A Brexit deadline followed...
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