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Stamp Duty Holiday for properties up to £500,000 will be extended from 31st March 2021 to the 30th June 2021; and to ensure we don’t have a cliff edge, from 1st July 2021, the Stamp Duty Holiday will apply only on properties up to £250,000 until the end of 30th September 2021.

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“With UK property prices rising by 49% in the last 8 years, but wages by just under 12%, many have put some of the blame for the housing crisis on the Baby Boomer generation. Have Aveley and South Ockendon baby boomers wrecked the Aveley and South Ockendon property market for millennials, holding younger families back from buying their own home?

“The average British homeowner moves every 16 years 5 months according to official statistics. These appear to refute a common hypothesis that British neighbourhoods are becoming more transitory and show that, once you have succeeded in buying a property there isn’t much motivation to move again… or is there another story behind the stats?

“Over the last six months, the South Ockendon Property Market has been flourishing. So with prices rising on the back of this demand, everything appears to looking up for homeowners and landlords. However, with the spectre of the Stamp Duty holiday ending on the 31st March 2021, could this kill the Grantham property marketing in the Summer?