Mortgage rates for new borrowers are continuing to rise. In the past week alone at least 10 lenders, including some of the UK’s biggest, have announced rate rises for people taking out new deals. Also, Bank of England figures show that the average two-year fixed rate deal, with a 25% deposit, has risen from 2.9% … Read More
Exciting news…. Superstar Russell Crowe will join a host of other Hollywood A-listers in Winchester next week to shoot scenes for film blockbuster Les Misérables. The city is being transformed into 19th century Paris for the musical drama, which stars the Gladiator actor. Crowe, whose screen credits also include Master and Commander and A Beautiful … Read More
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said prices in February had risen by just 0.3% over the past year. There are big regional variations, with prices rising in London, the South East and Scotland, but falling sharply in Northern Ireland and the North East. Prices rose by 0.2% in February, putting them at an … Read More
Having young children is a pleasure in Hampshire – there are so many fun and cheap days out right on your doorstep. On Saturday we organised an Easter egg hunt through Alresford, which took us via Thomas and his friends at the Watercress Steam Railway and ended up at the ever popular Caracoli cofee and … Read More
After two years, the stamp duty ‘holiday’ is over for first time buyers on properties worth more than £125,000 – they will now have to pay the same tax as other buyers. For the full BBC Business News article, please click here The current Stamp Duty thresholds are as follows: 1% properties of more … Read More
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Several of yesterday’s announcements were highly significant, but will probably only have impacts at the upper end of the market on the way properties are financed. – New 7% “Stamp Duty” band above £2m This may stall imminent transactions, but have little effect on reducing longer term volumes as over £2m buyers are generally more … Read More
The Winchester Hat Fair is Britains longest running festival of street theatre and outdoor arts and it is, without doubt, one of Hampshires truly unique summer events. For more information on this unmissable weekend, please click here.