What do the stamp duty changes mean?

As of 1st April 2025 the stamp duty rates for England and Northern Ireland are due to change. This could mean that a lot of people have to pay more stamp duty on their property purchases, whether it’s

Property Talk: New Year Review

Here we are again at the end of another year, and as seems to have become tradition, I find myself taking time to look back over the last 12 months of the property market and the wider world.

Last

Property Talk: The trick to treating yourself to a property sale

The end of October brings both Halloween and the Budget - both potentially scary events! Something I recently learnt was that Halloween derives its name from All Hallows Eve – the day before All

What does it mean to be a proceedable buyer?

The term proceedable is often used when purchasing a property, but sometimes it isn’t clear what it means to be in a proceedable position. Some homeowners instruct their estate agents to only allow

Property Talk: Time to ‘Budget’ for property taxes

It is officially Autumn. Although I’m sure many of us are wondering when exactly we had Summer. The summer months were kind to the residential property market and we saw impressively high levels of

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