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FTSE 100 closes 1.2% down as crypto crash sends shockwaves through markets The UKs index of leading shares closed down 84 points at 6,950. FTSE 250 slid 98 points, to 22,234 Antofagasta among the major fallers as commodity prices slip FTSE 100 closes down 84 points US stocks slide 5.10pm: FTSE closes sharply lower FTSE 100 closed 1.20% down midweek with miners the biggest casualties as commodities fell and a crash in cryptocurrencies rippled through markets. The UKs index of leading...

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...

Jonathan Hopper There is a vibrant ‘hidden market’ active in the UK - Credit: Garrington Property Finders Jonathan Hopper, Chief Executive Officer at Garrington Property Finders, explains that despite an apparent lack of property for sale, there is a vibrant ‘hidden market’ active in the UK In the Spring Budget, the Chancellor extended the existing Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday for a further three months, with a lesser reduction continuing until the end of September 2021. Keen to make th...

Average property value dips 0.1pc following on from a fall in January

House prices in the UK edged downwards in February, but are predicted to hit record highs again after the stamp duty holiday was extended by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in this weeks Budget.

HOUSE PRICES dropped slightly in February compared to January 2021, according to Halifaxs latest house price index. However, property values remains higher than February last year before the coronavirus pandemic began.

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Property transactions in the UK took a tumble in January for the first time in nine months according to HMRC data, in the latest sign the pandemic-fuelled market boom is coming to an end.

More than 120,000 residential property sales were recorded in the UK last month, according to new figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

House buying momentum dips in January: HMRC By Gary Adams 23 rd February 2021 10:23 am The number of residential property transactions in January 2021 was 2.4 per cent lower than in December 2020, show government figures. At 121,640 transactions, this was 24.1 per cent higher than in January 2020, however. It is worth noting that these figures are provisionally seasonally adjusted estimates, and the government warns that they should be treated with caution. Non-resid...