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BUILT approximately 20 years ago by the well-known local developers Gadd Homes, apartments 20 and 21, stand on the same floor and have been joined…

The East of England is seeing a big shortage of properties for sale, with 24% fewer homes available than two years ago, according to a new survey.

He said they currently had around four prospective buyers for every property coming on the market, which in some ways was a nice problem to have. "Its good that if you put a property on the market you can sell it, but there are a few disappointed buyers at the moment."  Tim Dansie of Jackson-Stops - Credit: Gregg Brown Tim Dansie, director of Jackson-Stops in Ipswich, said: "There has been a tremendous amount of demand and, as long as houses are at the right price, they are selling as soon a...

Published: 8:00 AM May 22, 2021    Dedham and other Babergh villages have some of the highest priced homes in the county - Credit: Getty Images The green migration is seeing people move out of London to leafy Suffolk - fuelled by lockdown and the acceleration of home working - and prices are rising but house hunters can still pick up a bargain if they know where to look. Here we look at where the cheapest and most expensive places are to live in Suffolk. Cheapest locations - Lowestoft and Fel...

Overseas buyers purchasing property in England and Northern Ireland are now subject to a 2 per cent stamp duty surcharge. The new tax introduced from 1 April will mean international buyers will pay an additional amount equivalent to 2 per cent of the purchase price. The new surcharge will work alongside the 3 per cent surcharge already in place for anyone buying a second property in the UK, meaning an overseas investor who already owns another property anywhere in the world will be liable for b...

A new survey has revealed the areas of Suffolk where houses sell the fastest and those where it hangs around on the market.

Terrace houses can be grand mansions or two-up two-down properties without pretensions.  Yet, somehow these homes convey the same sense of solidity, whether they are in Belgravia, Bognor, by the sea, in a village, or in a market town. These qualities are among the reasons for the deepening love affair with terrace houses in which one quarter of the population already lives, with more aspiring to join them. Vibrant: A colourful row of terrace homes in London. The price of the average terrace ha...

Stamp duty holiday costs government more than £500m in lost taxes House hunters are concerned their purchases will not complete before the stamp duty holiday deadline of 31 March The government lost out on more than half a billion pounds in taxes due to the stamp duty holiday, according to the latest figures. Data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) showed that overall stamp duty land tax receipts fell 16 per cent to £2.76bn in the fourth quarter of last year, compared to £3....

Downcliffe House occupies a beautiful position on the beach at the head of Filey Bay. In 2013, the lifestyle business was voted one of the top ten beach hotels & restaurants by The Independent.

House prices are forecast to keep on climbing next year in spite of Brexit, the Covid crisis and whether or not the Government extends the stamp duty holiday, a property portal has claimed.  Rightmove said asking prices rose almost 7 per cent this year and predicts a further 4 per cent increase in 2021. It claims moving home will remain top of the agenda for many people, who have been spurred to rethink their accomodation needs in the wake of the pandemic, often searching for larger homes wi...