Diary Of A Highstreet Conveyancer – Tuesday April 21
Tuesday So following on from yesterday, I was thinking about what will happen when the restricted movement restrictions are lifted. I have always marvelled (although that is probably not the word I want to use but it sums up my thoughts!) at how many organisations are involved in the house moving process. And there at […]
Estate Agents Returning To Work Will Improve Economy
The Guild of Property Professionals has written a letter to the government urging them to include estate agents in the first wave of essential services to be released from lockdown. The letter stresses that lifting restrictions on estate agents will have a positive knock-on effect for the entire UK economy. Last week, a number of […]
Marginal Decrease In March Transaction Figures
The property market remained resilient in March despite the lockdown induced property freeze at the end of the month. There were 99,440 residential property transactions in March, a marginal 0.3 per cent rise from March 2019 and a slight 0.2 per cent decrease on February’s transactions, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data. On […]
Equity Release Reaches £4 Billion In 2019
Despite economic uncertainty caused by Brexit and a winter election, £3.92 billion of property wealth was withdrawn using equity release products in 2019. According to the Equity Release Council’s ‘Spring 2020 Equity Release Market Report’, 44,234 customers withdrew £1.81 billion in the final half of last year compared with 41,263 equity release plans in the […]