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The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...
20 March 2024
From: Features
Agency trade body Propertymark has expressed hope that housing will be a key part of the Spring Budget after the Treasury...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
While Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, may have announced a u-turn on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) plans in September, we continue to...
16 December 2023
From: Features
The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...
16 December 2023
From: Features
There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
09 December 2023
From: Features
There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
06 December 2023
From: Features
Around half of homebuyers will continue to postpone plans to purchase a property after the Autumn Statement failed to provide sufficient...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...
25 November 2023
From: Features
It wasn’t exactly a champagne statement. More like Prosecco. But, nevertheless, there are reasons to be cheerful in the wake of Jeremy...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices will fall 7.6% 'peak to trough' by the end of 2024, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has claimed...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Statement this afternoon amid rumours of Stamp Duty reforms and support for first-time buyers. The...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost three quarters of homes on the market would be exempt from Stamp Duty for home-movers if the Chancellor introduced a...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Rumours about tax cuts in this week’s Autumn Statement are continuing but there are warnings that a Stamp Duty cut may...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A lawyer has called for Help to Buy to be resurrected in the Autumn Statement. Paul Sams, head of property at Dutton...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Nationwide has called for an independent review of the first-time buyer market as it urges the Chancellor to boost support for...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A buying agent has given his backing to the prospect of a Stamp Duty and Inheritance Tax (IHT) cut during this...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...
18 November 2023
From: Features
When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...
18 November 2023
From: Features
Stamp Duty cuts won’t give the property market the boost it needs, an agency chief executive has warned. Dominic Agace, chief executive...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency brand Chestertons has joined calls for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to include Stamp Duty reform in his Autumn Statement. Hunt will deliver...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has urged the Treasury to do more to alleviate the cost of living crisis for those on low-income budgets, reduce...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Stamp Duty reform was back in the news over the weekend amid reports that the Government plans to reform the controversial...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
In November, research conducted by The Housing Forum's Futures Network unearthed concern with the potential to meet the requirements set out...
18 March 2023
From: Features
When Jeremy Hunt sat down in the Commons after delivering his first Spring Budget, I imagine there were many who felt...
18 March 2023
From: Features
The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...
10 December 2022
From: Features
The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Auction House UK has reported a 10% annual rise in sales under the hammer despite the challenging market. The brand said its...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has predicted a sales demand rebound before the Christmas slowdown. A trading update from the agency franchise brand revealed that new...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A West Midlands estate agent has backed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans to reverse cuts to Stamp Duty, claiming they should never...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...
19 November 2022
From: Features
The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...
19 November 2022
From: Features
In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...
19 November 2022
From: Features
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices are set to fall by 9% over the next two years, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) claims. The OBR,...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has outlined plans to reduce Stamp Duty cuts outlined in his predecessor’s mini-Budget. In September, former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have a go at balancing the nation’s books today and the main thing agents seem to want...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt should be wary of placing a greater financial burden on homeowners in next weeks’s Autumn Statement, an agent...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...
07 May 2022
From: Features
By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...
02 October 2021
From: Features
A plea has been made to the government to help small companies and stop letting online firms off the hook. The Federation...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
21 August 2021
From: Features
Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...
08 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features
It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...
13 April 2019
From: Features
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...
02 September 2017
From: Features
The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...
23 June 2017
From: Features
In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...
20 May 2017
From: Features
In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features
Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...
04 March 2017
From: Features
Welcome to February! It means that 2017 is well under way and we’re edging closer to Spring – a time when...
04 February 2017
From: Features
The government appears to have slipped back on two deadlines concerning measures key to the property industry. Firstly the consultation on the...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
2016 was quite a year – eventful, dramatic, shocking and impossible to predict. In no particular order, we saw Leicester winning...
18 January 2017
From: Sponsored Content
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
Confusion surrounds the timing of the government’s eagerly-anticipated White Paper on housing. Respected property industry weekly magazine Estates Gazette has tweeted that...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News
The government has announced that its next Budget will be on March 8 next year. Until recently, Budgets and their ‘mini-me’ Autumn...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News
New data revealed by investment consultancy Central London Portfolio claims that transactions in prime central areas of the capital have dropped 24...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, Phillip Hammond, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof, all in one image...is this truly the nightmare...
15 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features
Carpe diem, seize the day – whatever you call it, it’s something all of us in the property industry should be looking...
09 December 2016
From: Features
Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...
09 December 2016
From: Features
One of the key factors associated with an active private rental market in the UK, as detailed in the Dataloft PRS...
09 December 2016
From: Features
Let me set out my stall from the beginning. Firstly with two buy to lets managed by an agency, I understand and...
03 December 2016
From: Features
Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...
26 November 2016
From: Features
Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement. The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...
26 November 2016
From: Features
The industry has reacted angrily to the Chancellor declining to change stamp duty despite pleas from agents and suppliers ahead of the Autumn...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Recent stamp duty changes have resulted in a substantial decline in transaction numbers and HM Revenue & Customs missing its revenue...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Estate agents have spent the weekend finalising their wish-list and lobbying MPs and government ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement. Top of the...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...
19 November 2016
From: Features
We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...
19 November 2016
From: Features
Agents selling homes at the high end of the market have generally welcomed the Daily Telegraph campaign to persuade the Chancellor...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The Daily Telegraph has this morning launched a campaign calling on Chancellor Phillip Hammond to slash stamp duty. The newspaper - a...
15 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Media reports over the weekend suggest that the government is to introduce a 'buy as you go' system in the Autumn...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...
28 October 2016
From: Features
The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...
22 October 2016
From: Features
The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise. However, at a...
14 October 2016
From: Features
Estate agents are already setting out their stalls ahead of Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s November 23 Autumn Statement with one simple message...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The Conveyancing Association says new Chancellor Phillip Hammond should use next month’s Autumn Statement as the opportunity to reverse controversial buy...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender has called on the government to reform stamp duty so that it is paid by property sellers instead...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 September 2016
From: Features
The industry publication Property Week says it has exclusively discovered that the government is preparing a housing market stimulus package to...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
MP Bernard Jenkin, the chairman of the public administration committee, is the latest to raise concerns at the possible privatisation of...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News
The National Association of Estate Agents has quantified what the industry has known for some weeks - there has been a...
30 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The government - which controversially launched consultation on its stamp duty surcharge between Christmas and New Year - has now used...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News
George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First came the General Election which had everyone on tenterhooks until the...
25 March 2016
From: Features
Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...
17 March 2016
From: Breaking News
When it comes to Budgets and Property, you have to hope that the old adage that ‘things happen in threes’ turns...
12 March 2016
From: Features
I want to take this opportunity to share some findings from the National Landlord Association’s latest Quarterly Landlord Panel. The first is...