Hamptons
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Rental market
Landlords set up limited companies in record numbers
Hamptons research expert says the vast majority of landlord purchases are now done through a limited company structure to avoid 'aggressive tax environment'.
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Rental market
Nearly half of all purchases in northern town are by BTL investors
Hamptons' research reveals around 40% of purchases in Middlesbrough are made by landlords, as canny investors target high-yielding areas.
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Latest property news
Hamptons launches VERY frank advertising campaign
Campaign takes an unusually honest look at the vertiginous ups and downs of buying a new home for the UK's public.
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Rental market
Landlords need 18 YEARS to meet EPC standards warns Hamptons
Hamptons says that it will take until 2042 at the current rate for all rental properties to achieve the Government's minimum standard of EPC rating C.
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Rental market
Landlords ‘increasingly keen’ to bring rents up to market averages
Hamptons says 90% of tenants renewing an existing contract saw rents increase while 60% of landlords achieved a higher rent when a new tenant moved in.
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Agencies & People
Hamptons senior quits after 18 years to join hybrid estate agency
Surrey senior and long-time Hamptons mover and shaker Philip Knight has joined the self-employed broker business, Moveli.
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Third of homes sold so far in 2024 go to first-time buyers
Lower mortgage rates driven by falling inflation have proved a lifeline with first-time buyers making up 33% of all buyers in the first quarter of the year.
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Landlords selling up brace for Capital Gains Tax hike
Personal allowance cuts mean most landlords leaving the market will pay more tax from April 2024 if they choose to sell their investments.
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Agencies & People
Connells Group chief stands down after just six months
Sarah Whitney only became Connells chair in September, but has now left, and the news comes just days after LSL chair David Barral departed.
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Big agency reveals shake-up at top for London team
Hamptons appoints three senior executives, and promotes Grant Bates to head up its private office.
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