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Financial Times: 'The downsize shake-up'

Financial Times: 'The downsize shake-up. Homeowners rattling around in large houses have been reluctant to move to somewhere smaller, but with a changing landscape and new Labour tax policies - notably inheritance - on the horizon, the mood is changing.'

Featuring research from Jackson-Stops: 'Since mortgage interest rates have started to come down and house prices have drifted upwards, the appetite for downsizing appears to have picked up. Jackson-Stops estate agency has seen a 21 per cent rise in downsizer applicants in the year to October compared to the previous year'.

https://www.jackson-stops.co.uk/articles/downsizing-financial-incentives-mount

https://www.ft.com/content/701605ba-e770-4346-96bd-b88758ef2c0d