When Sarah Chen exchanged contracts on her £425,000 first home in Bristol on March 28th, 2025, she saved £6,205 in stamp duty. Three days later, her colleague purchasing an identical property paid that full amount. The difference came down to timing, as new stamp duty rates took effect on April 1st. This single deadline triggered
When David Morrison received his December mortgage statement in North London, the numbers told a story that property economists had been tracking for months. His two-bedroom flat, valued at £574,000 just twelve months earlier, now carried an estimated worth of £571,000 according to recent sales in his postcode. The decline marked something more significant than