Author: Robert Carroll

  • Robert Carroll to Sell The Big Issue to Raise Awareness and Money for Street Vendor Charity, INSP

    We are delighted to announce that MOV8 Real Estate’s Managing Director, Robert Carroll has been invited to take part as a Big Issue Vendor in the streets of Edinburgh on 5 February 2015, to raise awareness and sponsorship for the International Network of Street Papers. Every year the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) holds…

  • Checklist for Moving Home – Preparing and Informing

    It’s often said that moving home is the most stressful activity that most adults go through in their lifetime. Whilst this may be true, there’s a lot you can do to minimise the stress and ease the process. One of these things is to keep on top of notifying everyone in your personal and business…

  • The Importance of Photography When Selling a Property

    They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Nowhere is this more true than in property marketing, and increasingly so in the 21st Century. So, why is the quality of the photography of your property so important to your ability to sell it for the best price? Every Picture Tells a Story It…

  • MOV8 Property Market Update January 2015

    One month after New Stamp Duty replaced Old Stamp Duty in the UK and we in Scotland geared up for almost four months of that tax regime before it would change to Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT)…just when you thought it was safe to get your Stamp Duty calculator out…well, they’ve only gone and…

  • New LBTT Rates Announced, Replacing Stamp Duty April 2015

    The Scottish Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, announced further changes to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) system when the 2015-16 budget was debated at Holyrood on 21 January 2015. This will affect the rates of tax payable by property purchasers under LBTT when it replaces Stamp Duty, which itself has had a recent…

  • Great Reasons To Put Your Home On The Market in January

    Take Advantage of our January Sale! We’re offering a fine package of New Year discounts and other offers to kick off 2015 with a bang, and shake off the winter blues! The package includes a FREE Booster Pack (normally £240), a discount on your Home Report, and a FREE exterior photo re-shoot once the wintry…

  • LBTT Rates Likely to be Changed

    Note that the Scottish Government announced new rates of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) on 21 January 2015. For the most up-to-date position, as of 23 January 2015, please look at: http://www.mov8realestate.com/2015/01/changes-lbtt-rates-april/ As if there hasn’t been enough confusion about old Stamp Duty, new Stamp Duty (an overnight change), LBTT replacing new Stamp Duty…

  • Scottish Conservatives propose Stamp Duty / LBTT rates cut

    Note that the Scottish Government announced new rates of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) on 21 January 2015. For the most up-to-date position, as of 23 January 2015, please look at: http://www.mov8realestate.com/2015/01/changes-lbtt-rates-april/ Within weeks of the UK Government’s changes to Stamp Duty, and with less than three months to go before Stamp Duty Land…

  • MOV8 Shortlisted for 2015 Scottish Legal Awards

    MOV8 Real Estate is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted as finalists in both of the categories that we entered in for the Scott & Co Legal Awards 2015. Those two categories are Community Contribution and Employer of the Year. It is an honour to be shortlisted amongst so many fantastic legal firms. The Legal…

  • 2014 Review of the Year – Scottish Property Market

    2014 has been quite an eventful year for the Scottish property market! A September referendum on whether or not Scotland should become independent, final details of a new property tax to replace Stamp Duty in Scotland from 1 April 2015, a shock announcement about changes to Stamp Duty in the UK effective from December 2014,…