Chancellor’s stamp duty raid backfires as sales slump
A typical London first-time buyer home worth £500,000 would incur a stamp duty bill of £10,000.Richard Donnell, at property portal...
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‘London flats are hard to sell – so I’m raffling mine for a fiver’
For £5, up to 150,000 entrants can enter for a chance to win the flat mortgage-free with all their legal...
Why thousands of house sales across Britain risk falling apart
Mike Cox thought he was on the brink of owning his first home when an unexpected delay brought everything to...
The Home Counties hotspot London buyers ignored for years
Matthew Syme, the branch manager at William H Brown in Ware, believes mid-range properties are driving the local market.Three-bedroom family...
Council sells pigeon-infested hotel at £13m loss
The council, which was led by the Tories in 2017, lent £15m to developers before they fell into administration.Last year,...
Big landlords cash in on Labour’s rent reforms with 40pc discounts
Are you a landlord affected by the Renters’ Rights Act? Sign up to the Buy-to-Let Masterclass, The Telegraph’s new five-part...
The families relocating for a better quality of life
When Charlotte Cowell left Darwen, Lancashire, at age 16, she didn’t plan to come back – let alone buy the...
Housebuilder offers to pay service charges to rescue sales
One of London’s biggest housebuilders is offering to cover leaseholders’ service charge bills in the latest sign of a slowing...
Revealed: the true scale of Cornwall’s attack on second home owners
Taxpayers in England have been left concerned that councils will follow in the footsteps of their Scottish counterparts, where second...
Why housebuilders have given up on London
An unattractive environment for investorsTax changes and regulation have made matters worse. Previously, an investor buying a block of 10...
