Budget Removed Uncertainty For House Buyers

The UK's largest mortgage lender has said the extension of the stamp duty holiday has "removed uncertainty" for those completing house purchases. The Halifax said the housing market had been at a crossroads before the Budget. Stamp duty relief in England, Northern Ireland, and the equivalent in Wales, have all been extended. The Halifax said UK house prices in February were 5.2% higher than a year earlier, averaging £251,697. Read more on the BBC website.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56291299

A Quarter Of Landlords Plagued By Time-Wasting Tenants

New research from The Mortgage Lender has shown that a quarter of landlords are facing nonsensical complaints from their tenants, including changing a lightbulb. A panel of residential landlords revealed what issues they had experienced with tenants and after property damage and nonsensical complaints came arrears up to three months followed by furniture damage and theft, and arrears over three months. Unpaid utility and other bills came in at joint fifth place with one in five landlords reporting tenants who had left a property without settling their debts. Read more on the Property Reporter website.

https://www.propertyreporter.co.uk/landlords/a-quarter-of-landlords-plagued-by-time-wasting-tenants.html