A look back at the High Wycombe housing market over the last decade With all of us completing the Census, a couple of weeks ago, it made me realise profoundly that mine and my family’s life, which from our own point of view seems unique and...
Has there ever been a better time for High Wycombe home sellers? The High Wycombe property market, for people looking to sell, is at its sturdiest for at least the last five years with home buyers jumping onto the High Wycombe property ladder with abandon. High Wycombe...
Yet higher mortgage rates could see High Wycombe buyers paying a lot more each month for the privilege Being a High Wycombe first-time buyer in the last 12 months has not been an easy thing. Just before lockdown there were 400 ‘5% deposit mortgage’ deals and...
...and new 5% deposit mortgages for High Wycombe first-time buyers The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced two initiatives to keep the High Wycombe property market firing on all cylinders into 2021. Firstly, the £500,000 zero-rate Stamp Duty band has been extended to the 30th June 2021. After then...
How wealth is distributed will always be a contentious issue, especially as the Baby Boomers (those aged between their late 50’s and late 70’s) wealth has grown exponentially over the last 20 years, compared to the wealth of the younger generation. With most UK property in...
In the last few hours, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has stated the Stamp Duty Holiday for High Wycombe properties up to £500,000 will be extended from 31st March 2021 to the 30th June 2021; and to ensure we don’t have a cliff edge, from...
In Britain, there are 27,071,500 households, of which 17,044,450 are owned, which are worth a total of £3,925,865,212,950 (£3.92 trillion). Over the last 5 years, an average of 86,096 properties sell each month, meaning just over a million UK households move home per year. Therefore,...
Over the last six months, the High Wycombe Property Market has been flourishing. As soon as an estate agents ‘For Sale’ flag went up, neighbours would be checking out Rightmove to see the internal pictures and compare the asking price to their own home (go...
What does this mean for High Wycombe property owners? With most High Wycombe families home schooling their children in lockdown and the forthcoming Stamp Duty Holiday deadline on the 31st March 2021, less High Wycombe properties have been coming onto the High Wycombe property market since the new...
Most people pay Stamp Duty Tax when they buy a property, house, apartment or other land and buildings over a particular price in the UK. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak (quickly followed suit by the Welsh and Scottish Governments), announced last July that Stamp Duty was partially...