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House prices are expected to hit record highs this year after Chancellor’s extension of current stamp duty holiday By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 08:57 GMT, 7 March 2021 House prices are expected to hit record highs this year after the Chancellor announced an extension … Read more

Home movers have had four million of their possessions either lost, damaged or stolen in transit over the past 12 months. Nearly a quarter of people said items did not make it to their new home in the same condition they left in, according to a new survey by Direct Line home insurance. The average … Read more

Home movers have had four million of their possessions either lost, damaged or stolen in transit over the past 12 months. Nearly a quarter of people said items did not make it to their new home in the same condition they left in, according to a new survey by Direct Line home insurance. The average … Read more

Home buyers welcomed the stamp duty holiday extension in this week’s Budget – but over-stretched solicitors say many will still miss the new deadline and some are even turning clients away. Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed that the stamp duty holiday will continue to apply to the first £500,000 of a home’s purchase price until 30 … Read more

House prices in the UK edged downwards in February, but are predicted to hit record highs again after the stamp duty holiday was extended by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in this week’s Budget. The average price of a home in the UK last month was £251,697, a marginal 0.1 per cent drop compared to January. This … Read more

It’s often said that Britain as a nation is property-obsessed. Many love to discuss house prices, are constantly plotting ways to increase the value of homes, have an eye on which way the market is moving, along with some online window shopping for somewhere new. We also have reams of information about our homes at … Read more

Keep your outbuilding safe from crooks: £30m-worth of gear has been nicked from garages and ‘shoffices’ in the last three years – so here’s eight tips to get secure Over 70,000 outbuilding thefts reported in England and Wales since 2018 Spike in sheds and the ‘shoffice’ during lockdown has exacerbated problem  Take some simple steps and … Read more

The Government has announced a plan to guarantee mortgages with five per cent deposits, encouraging banks to lend to those with smaller savings pots. In today’s Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed that the Government would back the home loans, which will be available on homes costing up to £600,000.  The scheme will begin in April … Read more

Aspiring first-time home buyers will be listening keenly to the Budget this week with Chancellor Rishi Sunak expected to announce Government-backed mortgages with deposits of just five per cent. The Government is set to guarantee the loans, enabling lenders to offer mortgages worth 95 per cent of the purchase price on properties worth up to … Read more