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New Tax Year, New Costs: What the End of the Financial Year Means for Property Professionals Gregorian, Jewish, Chinese, Julian? There are far more calendars in existence than you probably realise but one is in the spotlight right now – the tax calendar. The new tax year starts on 6th April 2025 and it’s a […]

DIY Property Journey vs. Expert Estate Agent: What’s Best for You? Have you ever wondered why we rely so heavily on estate and letting agents when it comes to property? Why not just do it ourselves? After all, it’s more than just sticking a ‘for sale’ or ‘to let’ sign outside, right? There’s a lot […]

Spring Market Trends: Key Stats on What’s Rising and Falling The property market is one we like to measure in figures – pound, percentages, ratios and rates. Viewber has analysed the latest reports, read the rental figures and studied the house price indexes to bring you a snapshot of the current sales and lettings market. […]

Stamp Duty Changes: Everything You Need to Know It is not an April Fool’s joke – the stamp duty land tax thresholds really are changing on 1st April 2025. Stamp duty land tax (also referred to as SDLT or simply stamp duty) is payable by most property purchasers upon completion. The tax is a handy […]

Property Buyers’ Cheat Sheet: How to find the Hidden Deals Buying a property can be an all-encompassing experience. It triggers the full gamut of emotions: hope, excitement, anger, exasperation, disappointment, elation – the list goes on. Often the source of more negative feelings is missing out. That phone call from the estate agent telling you […]

Mandatory Upfront Information for Property Deals: What Does It Mean for Estate Agents? Despite upfront information already being mandatory for agents, enforcement is going to get meaningful from June 2025. Making the move to provide upfront information can only improve the process of selling and buying property, and being seen to be moving in the […]

Property Viewing Agents Shropshire Hi, I’m Ali and I am a Viewber newbie – only started 4 months ago! I always dreamt of living in a humongous chocolate box cottage in the countryside with acres of land, having oodles of money and travelling the world – who doesn’t! In reality, I live in a tiny, […]

Are you bored of so-called experts banging on about house prices? UK Property Market Insights – Written by Viewber Co-Founder, Ed Mead There’s little doubt a new generation of homeowners can now get used to the fact that housing is something to live in and not look at as a piggybank. If you live in […]

Material information: a matter of reluctance & ignorance? How much sellers disclose to buyers ahead of a sale is proving a contentious issue, with estate agents playing a pivotal role in the process. Governing this is the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. The legislation stipulates that estate and letting agents have a legal […]