A levy on second home property transactions is coming to Scotland in April – so if you’re involved in the property market you need to understand what’s changing. What are the changes? Scotland’s Finance Secretary, John Swinney, is adopting a 3% levy on property purchases beyond a buyers main residence. This follows a similar move […]
National house prices grow RICS UK Residential Market Survey reports The horizon’s bright for property owners according to news from the latest The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors! Buyer demand has continued to increase throughout this year, and falling new instructions to sell are driving national house prices up. The findings of its survey for […]
How to invest in property through crowdfunding Crowdfunding is a hot topic for investors and businesses alike. Now property investment has diversified into crowdfunding too. Crowdfunding, the means of raising finance by asking a large amount of people for a small amount of money each, usually using the internet, has been growing steadily in the […]
Cairn’s Estate Agent tips for selling your house The arrival of Easter marks the unofficial start of the property year and gets the market moving. If you are keen to put your property on the market this year now is the time to look at your property with a fresh pair of eyes. Chances are […]
We’ve Been Making Connections for our Landlord Services & Meeting the Neighbours Last Wednesday night our office on Gibson Street was exceptionally busy, and our new neighbours popped in too! It’s unusual for the Cairn office to be so busy after hours but we were hosting a contractors evening. This is an opportunity for local […]
How to invest in property – Early Bird Gets The Worm: With a referendum looming and changes to tax is it better to move quickly in 2015, or wait? Early 2015 reports suggest a flurry of activity in the property market. The wet and dark days of January traditionally mean slower results in the property […]
Living In Dundee At Cairn we know that the market is such just now that it would be madness to make a decision as big as buying or investing in a property without doing a little research first of all. Previously we’ve created blog posts about living in Glasgow and about living in Edinburgh. Although […]
The Help to Buy Scheme: The Ins and Outs It’ll be something you’ve seen plastered all over the news, the new government ‘help to buy’ scheme (Scotland). But exactly, what is it, and how does it work? Since the collapse of the economy in 2007, the housing market has been a huge casualty, with […]