LATEST BLOG POSTS: News
Welcome to Peter Barry’s blog posts. You’ll find a range of topics focussing on issues that are important to our clients where we try to answer the questions that we regularly get asked.
Rishi Sunak’s Stamp Duty Holiday
Wednesday, 8th July 2020 | by: Peter Barry
Of all taxes, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is one of the more debatable (and liked) as it significantly slows the pace at which the housing market can operate. It is particularly restrictive on first-time buyers who make a significant contribution to a functioning market. Less first time buyers, less second-time buyers to buy their next property, and so on and so forth. We previously wrote about ...
Of all taxes, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is one of the more debatable (and liked) as it significantly slows the pace at ...
COVID-19 WEEK ONE: A Giant Thank You to all Our clients
Wednesday, 18th March 2020 | by: Matthew Price
This time last week the UK was forging its own course of action through the COVID-19 crisis leaving many to question whether ...
Interest Rates Cut in Response to Coronavirus
Wednesday, 11th March 2020 | by: Peter Barry
The Bank of England has cut its base rate from 0.75% to 0.25%. The last time there was a cut was back in 2016 but rates have ...
The Great Stamp Duty Gamble
Tuesday, 21st January 2020 | by: Peter Barry
Budget day has been announced for March 11. Will the Chancellor go ahead with the 3 percent surcharge on non-resident ...
UK Housing Market gets Boris Bounce
Friday, 17th January 2020 | by: Matthew Price
The recently published RICS Residential Market Survey has found that the Conservative's December election victory is now ...
2020 House Price Predictions
Thursday, 2nd January 2020 | by: Matthew Price
Mild rises likely coming from greater Brexit certainty Rightmove have predicted a modest 2% rise over the course of 2020 ...
