Our Patch february 2015
MARKET FORECAST
THE YEAR AHEAD
The dramatic recent change to stamp duty has
already energised the local housing market.
Sales Manager Martin Clements
looks at how the new surcharge
affects local buyers and sellers
sales
T
he recent change to stamp
duty thresholds will
benefit the buyers of lower
valued homes… but it also
means a higher tax for the
larger family homes being
purchased in Hammersmith & Fulham.
It has at least provided some closure
on the subject, which many thought
wouldn’t happen until later this year.
Combined with a strong indication
about interest rates gradually rising later
in 2015 it will, perhaps, provide buyers
with more confidence in today’s market
without the results of Ma x