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The stamp duty threshold has been temporarily increased to £500,000 for property sales in England and Northern Ireland. As part of his Budget plans next week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be moving the deadline from 31 March to the end of June, The Times has reported. To read the full article, click the link below: […]

Rishi Sunak is said to be considering a six-week extension to the stamp duty holiday to allow more time for existing deals to be completed. The chancellor is considering a limited extension through to mid-May to prevent thousands of homes sales from falling through, the Telegraph reported. To read the full article, click the link

Brighton has been named the second best place to settle down in the South East. The city is one of several Sussex sites to make the list “the 20 best places to live” in the region. To read the full article, click the link below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55881753

Captain Sir Tom Moore sadly passed away on the 2nd of February 2021. Here at Martin Homes, we would like to send our prayers to his friends at family at this difficult time. He was a national hero and a role model to all. RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore. To read the full article, click

The stamp duty holiday, which allows buyers to save as much as 15,000 pounds ($20,000), propelled the housing market into high gear even as the coronavirus crisis sent the wider economy into its deepest slump for three centuries. Take advantage of the Stamp Duty Holiday and check out a Martin Homes property now! To read

The government’s revamped programme will be targeted at new buyers with a small deposit. It could be a lifeline. The original help-to-buy equity loan scheme was launched in 2013 and runs until March. Almost 280,000 homes had been bought using it by last summer. All Martin Homes developments are eligible for the government’s Help to

A property website has revealed that the average price of houses in Brighton has increased by four per cent in a year. The average price paid for a home in the city in 2020 was £371,800 marking an increase of 17 per cent in the last five years, a study by Zoopla revealed. And buyer demand for homes

People are queuing up to move to Hassocks – and it’s easy to see why! With more people working from home and lockdown wanderlust running wild, an escape to the country might seem more appealing than ever. This is certainly the case when it comes to Hassocks, a large West Sussex village a few miles north of Brighton. To read

The number of home loans given the go-ahead by lenders reached its highest level since August 2007, the Bank of England said. More than 100,000 mortgages were approved in November defying expectations that a strong bounce-back in the housing market was set to slow down. To read the full article, click the link below: https://news.sky.com/story/buoyant-housing-market-sees-mortgage-approvals-top-100000-in-a-month-12179202

House prices increased dramatically in 2020, despite a plethora of obstacles which saw the property market falter at the beginning of the year. The average UK property increased by £10,177 in value this year. The value of the average UK property increased by more than £10,000 this year, which amounts to £27.81 per day in 2020, according