Month: March 2024

Homeowners who sold their property in 2023 made an average gain of £74,000, the latest data from property website Zoopla found.    Zoopla analysed Land Registry entries from the past 12 months to calculate the typical gross profit from property sales in England and Wales and also found that nine in 10 (93%) of those …

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced several changes relating to property and housing in the Budget yesterday, which will affect home-owners and first-time buyers in the upcoming year.   Hunt had promised that “building homes for young people” was a priority in his speech, but some were left disappointed due to the lack of acknowledgement and changes …

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Martin Lewis is urging the government to do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’ who have been stuck on high-interest rates since the 2008 financial crisis.   The call comes a year after a report outlining a solution to the problem was published, but is yet to receive a response from the government.   As explained …

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