Posted on 24th July 202024th July 2020New Office in Penrith Now Open!Well hello again!FIRSTLY…We have just, this week, opened our NEW OFFICE in the market town of PENRITH!This now gives Buyers and Sellers and Landlords and Tenants NINE places to pop in and see us, and obtain the very best agency service in the region. Continue reading » “New Office in Penrith Now Open!”
Posted on 10th July 2020Stamp Duty Holiday Part 2Stamp duty holiday for 265 days from today!Well we didn’t imagine that the esteemed Chancellor Rishi Sunak would this week, provide us with a really positive, helpful, and cost saving topic for the local and national property market – but he did bless him!As many of you will already know our local property market is generally buoyant, and in some areas extremely active. Those who follow these updates will have seen last week’s that referred to simply excellent activity and results in June (in several of our offices they were better than June 2019!). Continue reading » “Stamp Duty Holiday Part 2”
Posted on 8th July 20208th July 2020Stamp Duty HolidayBreaking News – Stamp Duty HolidayThe government have announced they are increasing the threshold at which you start paying Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) from £125,000 to £500,000 with immediate effect!This could save you thousands on your purchase.The stamp duty holiday applies from midnight last night, which means that anyone completing a purchase of a main residence today will still get the benefit. (Which could be worth nearly £15,000 for a property priced at just under the £500,000 top limit!).Those people buying a home over the £500,000 limit, will save on the SDLT due up to half a million pounds, but will still have to start paying the duty at 5% for the amount paid above £500,000, rising to 10% and 12% for the most expensive properties.It is estimated the tax break will cost the Treasury £3.8bn, and is due to last until March 2021.For further advice, please contact us today and see if we can help find you your next home.Contact Us
Posted on 3rd July 20207th July 2020The New NormalHere we are at the beginning of July – it seemed so far away back in March didn’t it?We have talked to you on many topics since the start of the pandemic, some of which we hope were useful!We have also been criticised by some who were of a mind to believe what they read in the papers, where doom and gloom were being preached, and we even lost a sale as a result of a buyer being given negative advice (as it turns out, it was from a professional advisor!). Continue reading » “The New Normal”
