A recent report by the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Constitution Committee has concluded that the country’s transition to the new Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) was ‘operationally successful’.
The number of first-time buyers (FTB) in the property market reached an estimated 139,500 in the first six months of 2015, according to the latest Halifax First-Time Buyer Review.
...The Scottish Government has announced that £70 million is to be invested in a scheme to help eligible first-time buyers on low to moderate incomes buy a home.
...In the final months of 2013, the number of loans for house purchase in Scotland reached its highest level since the second quarter of 2008, new CML data shows.
...There has been more encouraging news from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), which recently reported that the third quarter of 2008 saw the highest quarterly lending level in Scotland since mid-2008.
...A new scheme to help people get on the housing ladder has been unveiled by Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
...House prices in the last three months of 2013 (June-August) were 2.1% higher than in the preceding three months (March-May), according to the latest House Price Index from the Halifax. This was the same rate of increase that occurred in both June and July.
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