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HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 - The Untold Story

Nick Grimshaw's London: drinks at Three Sheets, dinner at Primeur and Soho record-hunting

From his favourite cocktail spots to what he’d do if he was Mayor for the day, the broadcaster shares his guide to the capital

Evening Standard

HNTR: the free app that wants to be the PA for your househunt and home buying process

Over 1000 Londoners have downloaded the hntr app since January

Evening Standard

Bigger stamp duty bills for some home buyers as discounts shrink

‘Nil rate’ stamp duty thresholds for home buyers have reduced from Tuesday.

Evening Standard

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Home buyers ‘may look to split higher stamp duty costs with sellers’

Buyers may reflect higher stamp duty costs in their offers, with some being in a strong negotiating position, housing market experts said.

The Independent UK

First-time buyers scramble to complete home purchases before stamp duty rise

New government figures show there has been a huge surge in homes being bought in the first two months of the year

The Independent UK

Home buyers have just days left to sidestep rising stamp duty costs

Home buyers may reflect extra stamp duty costs in their offers to sellers after April 1, one property market expert said.

Evening Standard

Home buyers warned they have just days left to avoid thousands in extra costs

HM Revenue and Customs figures confirmed the huge surge in deals before the changes

The Independent UK

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Price points where home buyers could feel the most pain from stamp duty rises

Rightmove has made calculations showing the extra costs buyers could face if they make their home purchase after March 31.

The Independent UK

Stamp duty: removals firms swamped as thousands of Britons race to complete

Pressure on movers and lawyers as more than 75,000 buyers in England and NI forecast to miss deadline

The Guardian - UK

Putting your house on the market? Here’s some tips for getting it sold

Spring is typically a great time to put a house on the market to get it sold quickly

The Independent UK

The UK's new £1m property hotspots include this south-east London grown-up hipster favourite

While London homes remain the most expensive in the country, its house prices are not rising as fast as elsewhere in the country

Evening Standard

Buyers’ property market looms in UK amid record numbers of homes for sale

Decade-high level despite rush to beat stamp duty deadline will push sellers to restrict price rises, says Rightmove

The Guardian - UK

Spring buyers who miss stamp duty deadline will see 'decade-high' choice of homes for sale

While new spring buyers will miss the stamp duty deadline, they will see the highest property choice at this time of year in a decade

Evening Standard

Róisín Lanigan: ‘I moved to London and got bedbugs’

The Northern Irish journalist turned author on writing a haunted house novel for the rental age, her trick for capturing dialogue and favourite millennial reads

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The Independent UK

Seven-foot wide house near London’s Kensington Palace put on market for £1.25m

The property can be found squeezed between its neighbours just minutes away from Kensington Palace

The Independent UK

Stamp duty to increase in weeks – can you still beat the deadline?

There is a combined £142 million at stake as buyers rush to beat the deadline

Evening Standard

First-time buyer mortgage payments up £350 per month in five years

A typical first-time buyer in Britain faces paying a mortgage of £940 per month, up from £590 per month five years ago

The Independent UK

Monthly first-time buyer mortgage payments ‘£350 higher than five years ago’

A typical first-time buyer in Britain faces paying a mortgage of £940 per month, up from £590 per month five years ago, Rightmove said.

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The great affordable housing robbery: promised home numbers shrink across London

The number of new affordable home starts in London dropped by 88 per cent last year

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London’s FTSE 100 rises amid hopes of new UK-US trade deal

London’s top stock market index was up 53.53 points, or 0.61%, to end the day at 8,809.74.

Evening Standard

Rightmove expects surge in revenue this year amid property market recovery

Users totted up more than five billion views of properties on Rightmove’s property portal in 2024, the company said.

Evening Standard

Nearly 74,000 home-movers in England ‘to just miss stamp duty deadline’

Rightmove estimates that these movers will complete their transactions in April, stumping up a collective £142 million in extra stamp duty payments.

Evening Standard

Sub-4% mortgage rates ‘may be first to go’ following unexpected inflation jump

Annual house price growth accelerated to 4.6% in December, but some experts said inflation figures released on Wednesday could affect mortgage rates.

The Independent UK

Half a million homebuyers face £11k cliff-edge in race to beat stamp duty changes

The average time to sell a property currently sits at five months

Evening Standard

House price growth slowing as April stamp duty changes loom

Some of the steam is coming out of new sellers’ price expectations to fit changing market conditions

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