We’ve been wondering what impact the new laws to extend homes upwards will have on Wimbledon’s leafy streets. At the start of the week planning laws were changed aimed at adding more residential space and…
Last week we queried whether the Stamp duty holiday would inspire you to buy a house? One week later it seems that it has. Following the Chancellor’s announcement of a Stamp Duty holiday on the first…
Investors buying homes worth up to £500,000 won’t have to pay Stamp Duty on these purchases until the end of March 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced this week in a mini Budget statement. As ever, Property…
According to this article in Property Investor News analysis conducted by Knight Frank, COVID-19 and the subsequent government lockdown will result in a loss of 526,000 home sales in 2020. This fall in transaction volumes represents a…
Homebuyers sometimes overpay Stamp Duty because their conveyancers either don’t have the information they need to decide that a Stamp Duty tax relief applies, or they wrongly decide that a relief cannot be claimed. Conveyancers,…
We can but dream. The world’s most famous tennis Championships were due to start on Monday 29 June this year, but even though the lockdown is easing the Championships are still cancelled. A shame really,…
We’re delighted that our colleague and one of the founders of this firm, Mike Tibbatts, has been appointed to the Board of the Expert Witness Institute for a two year term. He qualified as a…
Beauchamp Estates has successfully sold a £15.45 million mansion at 26 Old Queen Street on behalf of the seller, the Canadian-based Benisti Family Office. The buyer was an ultra-high-net-worth Russian billionaire in his 40s, with…
One in nine borrowers will welcome the Treasury’s announcement to extend the current mortgage holiday scheme, beyond the end of June, as initially intended. The government’s initial launch of mortgage holidays brought welcome relief for…
The government has relaxed lockdown rules to allow the UK house market to restart. Under the new regulations, people will be able to visit estate agents, view properties, and move property. The UK’s housing market…