9 December 2011 | Richard John
There could be some further good news for potential homebuyers from an unexpected source.
Following on from the Government’s recent introduction of a new-build indemnity scheme to help purchasers...
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7 December 2011 | Justine Ash
Monday 5 December 2011 was set to be Britain's biggest pre-Christmas cyber shopping day resulting in more than 85 million visits to retail websites in just a matter of hours “Cyber Monday”. The...
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6 December 2011 | Iain Donaldson
There have been a couple of interesting developments concerning two blogs I posted a few weeks ago, concerning plans for the integration of UK income tax and national insurance, and possible EU legal action...
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5 December 2011 | Richard John
There was good and bad news for homebuyers in the Chancellor’s recent Autumn Statement.
The introduction of a new-build indemnity scheme, aimed at increasing the supply of affordable mortgage finance...
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30 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick
Foxtons were sole agents for O’Reardon in respect of the sale of a £2.5m property. Foxtons introduced a purchaser. O’Reardon and the purchaser exchanged contracts for the sale, but the purchaser pulled...
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