9 Crown Row, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 0TH
Liam McDonnell
Lettings Valuer
Liam attended school locally in Ascot and began his career in estate agency aged 18 in the Bracknell area. He has gone on to gain experience within the Maidenhead, Reading and Wokingham markets too. Building relationships is what Liam enjoys the most in his role, which gives him the opportunity to meet and help all kinds of people. Away from work, Liam enjoys playing football throughout the week and for a local Bracknell team on a Sunday (some say the next Sunday League Pirlo).
The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given is…
The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.
Top of my bucket list is…
To travel around America and Australia.
On Sunday mornings, you can usually find me…
On a football pitch in all weathers – potentially a little jaded from the night before.
My guilty pleasures are…
Watching Super Sunday and the F1 whilst devouring a takeaway. Highly recommended.
The thing I like best about my job…
Helping and advising landlords on how to make the process of letting their property as stress-free as possible, and assuring tenants throughout the process so that it becomes an enjoyable and exciting experience.
The person I’d most like to go for a drink with is…
Sir Alex Ferguson.
3 Mar 2021
This afternoon the Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined his plans to get England back on track as we come out of the pandemic.
Among furlough extensions, extra support for the self-employed and business loan schemes was the welcome news that the stamp duty holiday is being extended from the original deadline of 31 March 2021.
Here’s what the Chancellor announced today:
Until 30 June 2021, no stamp duty will be charged on a residential property bought for up to £500,000.
Until 30 September 2021, no stamp duty will be charged on a residential property bought for up to £250,000.
From 1 October 2021, the stamp duty rate returns to pre-Covid-19 thresholds.
What it means to movers
For people with sales currently in our pipeline, it means they will not miss out on the savings the holiday is providing. This is potentially thousands of pounds and means people’s moving plans will not be disturbed.
Mortgage market opened up
There was also good news for people planning to buy a home but struggling to save what is often a sizeable deposit.
Sunak announced a Mortgage Guarantee scheme that means homebuyers will be able to access 95% mortgages, backed by the Government, from High Street banks and lenders.
Lenders are being offered incentives to provide mortgages to first-time buyers and existing homeowners, with just 5% deposits to buy homes worth up to £600,000.
The Chancellor said: “This will give people the chance to go from Generation Rent to Generation Buy.”
What next?
If the Spring Budget has made you want to proceed with your moving plans, we’d love to help.
To find out more about what the Stamp duty holiday extension and Government-backed mortgage guarantee scheme means to you, please give us a call on 01344 860121.
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