Stamp duty holiday extension will spark modest rise in house prices
Move will stimulate additional transactions while tapering of support will help to prevent a cliff edge of demand
4 March 2021 • 3:37pm
Michael Farrelly, 32, and Jade Sims, 31, say getting a 95pc mortgage means they can finally stop renting
Credit: JAY WILLIAMS
An extension to the stamp duty holiday announced in the Budget will spark a modest rise in house prices and stimulate additional transactions, the Treasury’s independent forecaster has said.
Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that the tax relief would continue for another six months, in a boost to the housing market and a major victory for The Telegraph s Stamp out the Duty campaign.
Student’s Disappointed As Lenton Hopper Bus Service Suspended
The 903 Lenton Hopper Bus service has been suspended, leaving many students disappointed. 0 January 28, 2021 14:52 by Lauren McGaun
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Nottingham Students have been left disappointed after the abrupt discontinuation of the extended hopper bus service through Lenton.
The new 903 service no longer travelled through Jubilee campus and instead travelled along Derby Road stopping at Faraday Road, Savoy Cinema, Canning Circus, as well as Wollaton Street.
on 18
th January, the 903 service through Lenton was terminated
The changes were well received by students and University staff alike with Dr Paul Greatrix, Registrar at the University of Nottingham, told My Nottingham News that the new service would help the “health, safety and wellbeing of our University community”.