Current Property Market Analysis

Is now the time to sell your home?

We know from our ‘past property market' analysis that prices over the last few years have hardly fluctuated at all. However, the current market shows prices are softening slightly month on month at the moment, suggesting 2012 is likely to be a quieter year than 2011.

So far we have seen a boost to the year's activities as first time buyers have rushed to purchase properties to avoid paying Stamp Duty between £125,000 and £250,000. We also saw a ‘shock' to London's sales for the first time, as the surprise 7% Stamp Duty for properties over £2 million and for those buying through overseas companies, rush property purchases through to avoid paying tens of thousands of extra tax on property.


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