Tag: property demand

  • Monthly Market Update August 2015

    Edinburgh Buyer Activity on the Rise Although I can hardly believe I’m saying this, we’re already past the midway point of 2015. The sun is out and the Festival is winding down, but we haven’t seen any signs of the housing market taking a break for the summer this year. The number of homes changing…

  • Monthly Property Market Update July 2015

    There’s been no shortage of economic news this July both at home and abroad. The headlines in the early part of the month were dominated by events in Greece where, after prolonged and often fraught discussions, a Greek exit from the Euro was narrowly avoided. Hot on the heels of that we had the chancellor’s…

  • MOV8 Property Market Update June 2015

    It’s hard to believe that summer is here already and as we near the midway point of 2015 the housing market in Edinburgh and the Lothians has shown no signs of slowing down. At MOV8 we enjoyed another record-breaking month for sales, with the number of sales agreed in May up by 71% annually. A…

  • Property Market Update May 2015

    The local housing market has continued to heat up as we head towards summer. At MOV8 we enjoyed our busiest ever April with the number of sales agreed up by over 40% annually. There has been no sign of things slowing down in May, with sales already well ahead of 2014 levels with a week…

  • MOV8 Property Market Update April 2015

    The sun appears to have finally come out of hiding and, with spring now very much upon us, the local property market has continued to bloom. Last month at MOV8 we had more properties go under offer than during any month since we opened our doors almost 8 years ago. Sales during March were up…

  • March 2015 Property Market Update

    It seems like spring is finally here and, with the worst of the cold weather now hopefully behind us, let’s take our monthly look back at what has been happening in your local property market. A busy start to the year March is traditionally the month when we really see activity among home movers really…

  • MOV8 Property Market Update February 2015

    We’re not even two months into the new year but there’s already been plenty of goings on in the local property market. We’ve had late revisions to Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), a controversial decision to delay a key vote on the latest stage of the council’s Local Development Plan and, at MOV8, we…

  • 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…

  • Christmas Cancelled for Property Solicitors and Estate Agents

    It’s official…if you’re an estate agent in Scotland this year, Christmas is cancelled. And it’s George Osborne’s fault. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, at times not the most popular man in Scotland anyway, has effectively cancelled Christmas holidays for every estate agent and property solicitor in Scotland in 2014 by announcing a reform of Stamp Duty that…

  • MOV8 Property Market Update November 2014

    November is a month when the property market is traditionally seen to be putting its feet up, snuggling up under a warm blanket and hunkering-down for the winter. But in 2014, the market continues apace, with sales continuing to come through as buyers try to find their dream home before Christmas. So, what has been…