Recent Articles in Kate's property calculations page

Top 20 affordable places to move to post the pandemic
Aug 11, 2021

Latest research from Halifax shows that Londonderry tops the UK’s most affordable cities. They state that the cost of an average UK city home is now 8 times earnings, up from 5.6 in 2011, while Londonderry remains the UK’s most affordable city, at 4.7 times earnings. Where is the most unaffordable? Read more to find out.

Possible Capital Gains Tax changes for landlords?
Jun 23, 2021

Interest has been rising with regards to Capital Gains Tax in the last few years for landlords. There have been persistent rumours about a possible increase in the rate of Capital Gains Tax but nothing as yet coming to fruition. This blog covers a second report that has been produced by the Office of Tax Simplification which has made some recommendations on possible changes to the tax system and how some of the recommendations could affect landlords. Read more here.

Kate Faulkner's comprehensive price report - June 2021
Jun 11, 2021

This report is to help give everyone – industry and consumers – a quick five minute guide to what’s happening in the property market, according to the property indices, along with property expert Kate Faulkner’s comments. Find out how your town or city is performing year on year versus long term growth; what’s the risk to property prices in your area if they fall and how long will it take for prices to recover?

New property price forecasts following the budget
Mar 12, 2021

The reality is we are in for a pretty exciting year this year. Market wise, demand seems to have gone through the roof again and will remain in positive territory probably until the summer. Savills have been the first off the blocks to assess the impact of these policies with their new forecasts for this year, and lets bear in mind how pessimistic everyone one was this time last year. Read more here.

Kate Faulkner's property price report - January 2021
Jan 20, 2021

The NAEA perhaps have some of the most startling facts this month from the indices, especially considering we had our second lockdown in England during November and with price rises for the year recorded of over 5% for most of the indices, Hometrack capture the reason succinctly. Read Kate Faulkner's property price report for January to find out what's really happening.