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Woking, House Prices Continue to soar, while land registry reports a national reduction in transaction volumes.
Countrywide Land Registry data, shows an average of 65,550 transactions per month completed between March and June compared to 73,985 sales a month in the same period last year.
A reduction in volumes is not good news for those involved in the property business, and rising

With stamp duty set to rise by 3% next year for second homes and buy to let properties it might be worth considering setting up a limited company.

Limited company applications for buy to let mortgage hit their highest level on our records in September, with applications up three times the level seen in the same month last year. Buy to let finance accounts for a quarter of all buy to let mortgages

Maintaining and tracking pricing trends as a local agent is crucial, as clients rely on our ability to be able to price accurately to stay ahead of market trend. Predicting the market by advising with confidence on when to sell and how to achieve the best price is all part of the service that Grants Independent offer.   Investors also rely and

Buy to let loans look to outstrip remortgaging within a matter of weeks as landlords rush to beat the April 1 stamp duty surcharge deadline.

Enquiries for purchasing properties suitable to buy to let have been at record breaking levels already this year and finance referrals to our specialist financial advisors have double compared to 2015.

Although yields across all property types increased