Urban Village Blog

NEW HOUSING SECRETARY MAKES HIS FIRST MOVE

As his first major move in the job, Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick has revealed plans that would help more first-time buyers get onto the property ladder. The plans involve overhauling the shared ownership scheme, allowing people to increase their...

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED INHERITANCE TAX?

While leaving your home to a family member is a very generous act, there is the matter of inheritance tax to think about. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin was once attributed to saying that ‘nothing is certain e...

COULD BORIS MAKE CHANGES TO STAMP DUTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

Many in the property industry have called out for the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to act decisively on his previously proposed plan of possibly scrapping Stamp Duty on homes under £500,000, at the same time cutting it from 12% to 7% on propert...

RECORD HAUL FOR GUILD AGENTS AT THE ESTAS

The Guild Member agents around the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS Customer Service Awards for 2019, the biggest awards in the UK property industry. The winners were announced at a lavish luncheon and awards ceremony at the Grosvenor Hous...

AN INTERVIEW WITH MIDCALF NICHOLLS

This month, we caught up with Dawn Dickinson, General Manager at Midcalf Nicholls who talks us through the property market in the West Midlands and her advice for those looking to move home.