UK mortgage demand at highest in 13 years despite Covid crisis Stamp duty cut contributes to property boom but Britons cautious about credit card debt
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UK housing market expects 100,000 extra home sales in early 2021 Property rebound predicted to continue as buyers rush to complete before stamp duty holiday ends
Home ‘flipping’ in the UK reaches 12-year high, despite Covid crisis One in 40 homes bought were sold again in less than a year; in Burnley it was one in 12
Manchester theatre staff use skills to upgrade homes after Covid layoffs Stage hands, technicians and joiners sign up to retrofitting scheme to tackle climate crisis
Calls to extend stamp duty holiday mount as fears of slump grow £3.8bn giveaway that fuelled surge in housing market ends same day as furlough
Britons in process of selling about 650,000 homes, says Rightmove Stamp duty holiday has kept demand high despite second lockdown in England
Rents in British cities fall by up to 15% amid Covid ‘exodus’ London landlords have slashed rents as tenants in countryside pay more, says Hamptons
With debt heading for £2tn, Sunak will need to get imaginative about tax rises He must reassure the country that austerity will not return: a tax on property assets, however unpopular, would be an answer
Super-rich buying up ‘Downton Abbey estates’ to escape pandemic Sales of £15m-plus English country homes breaking records as wealthy families ‘recalibrate their priorities’
Countrywide estate agents receives £82m takeover bid from rival Connells Private equity firm Alchemy offered to invest £90m in UK’s largest listed estate agency group
Rise in construction sector brightens UK economic gloom Builders bounce back from spring contraction as other industries struggle
UK country house prices hit four-year high in ‘race for space’ Shift to working from home drives demand among wealthy buyers for properties in rural areas
What England’s second lockdown means for your finances Where you stand with mortgages, furlough scheme, holidays and more during Covid crisis
‘Nightmare’ of businesswoman accused of mortgage fraud Santander accused a designer of supplying forged documents – but refused to explain its actions