Jack Prosser is a Solicitor in the Residential Conveyancing Department and can be contacted on 01323 644222 or by email jpr@stephenrimmer.com Property booms as home and overseas buyers rush to beat deadline Property buyers are fighting off the pandemic to catch a new home before stamp duty goes back to its normal rate. For overseas…
First-time buyers who bought a shared ownership property in the last twelve months should check if they are due a refund on any stamp duty paid. That’s because when Chancellor Hammond extended the stamp duty relief available to first-time buyers of shared ownership property in his Autumn 2018 budget, he also applied the extension…
The price of properties, even so-called ‘first-time homes’ is completely out of proportion to the average income. To save for a deposit on your first home is now taking house-hunters (especially first-timers) years longer than before. The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is an option if you’re struggling to get the funds together on your…