Land Registry increases availability of Linked Data
Historic Price Paid Data (PPD) and House Price Index (HPI) background tables are now available as machine readable Linked Data. These improvements from the Land Registry mean that the data can now be easily linked to other data sources, manipulated and analysed. The changes are part of the governments “Open Data” agenda which strives to […]
Land Registry announcement on Stamp Duty requirements
The Land Registry has announced changes to the Stamp Duty Land Tax arrangements for sub-sales. The Finance Act 2013 has led to changes to the regime for claiming relief for sub-sale transactions entered into on or after 17 July 2013. Different requirements apply depending on whether two transfers are involved (i.e. A to B, then […]
Reaction to Help to Buy extension
Help to Buy will now be extended helping people to buy any property under the value of £600,000, rather than just new builds. The announcement was made last week when Chancellor George Osborne met with mortgage lenders and house builders to update on progress prior to the January launch of the Help to Buy scheme. […]
Average house prices continue to increase
House prices increased 0.6% from May to June taking average prices in England and Wales to £162,621. According to the latest market trend data from the Land Registry there was an annual increase of 0.8% in the national figures. As usual the region which experienced the greatest house price rise was London which saw a […]
Highest number of new homes since 2008
According to the latest National House Building Council (NHBC) registration statistics the UK house-building industry has seen its highest half-yearly total of new homes registered since 2008. 67,422 new homes were registered between January 2013 and the end of June, with a 38% increase in registrations for the period April – June compared to the […]
Consumer confidence in market picks up
The latest Lloyds TSB Consumer Sentiment Index has shown consumer confidence has reached a new high of 112 points in June. Growing confidence in the current economic situation and housing market are thought to be behind the increase. 112 is the highest level on record since the Consumer Sentiment Index started in November 2010. Confidence […]
How diverse is your workforce? You need to know. And so does the SRA.
Sitting at our desks on what has been the hottest week for seven years it is difficult to think that in a blink of an eye it will be winter. But as sure as night follows day, so winter will follow summer and autumn. Why is this relevant to compliance I hear you say? Before […]