Tag: buyers
‘It’s going to get worse’: American car buyers brace for sweeping auto tariffs
For two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car dealership in Virginia on Thursday, peering at sticker prices with a newfound worry: blanket tariffs on foreign cars…
Stamp duty changes ‘will motivate first-time buyers’
Upcoming changes to stamp duty will “motivate” first-time buyers to buy a property, according to the Halifax. The average price of a UK home ended 2024 close to the £300,000 mark, the UK’s biggest mortgage broker said. Its calculations suggested UK house prices increased by 3.3% when comparing the end of the year to the…