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An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...
07 February 2022
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Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
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A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...
13 January 2022
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There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...
19 November 2021
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A stamp duty surcharge which has been labelled ‘forgotten’ because of its low profile has nonetheless bagged £45m for HM Treasury in...
08 November 2021
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It’s been revealed that the government did consider a stamp duty RISE which would have been announced in this week’s Budget. The...
29 October 2021
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A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...
23 September 2021
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An online agent operating in the Midlands says the idea of flipping property is a thing of the past thanks to...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features

Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...
16 February 2021
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There’s been a huge focus on both the stamp duty holiday and Help To Buy deadlines at the end of March...
08 February 2021
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The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...
22 December 2020
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There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...
21 December 2020
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A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...
10 December 2020
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The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...
23 November 2020
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A report commissioned by the government suggests a doubling of Capital Gains Tax on profits from the sale of second homes. The government -...
12 November 2020
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It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...
05 September 2020
From: Features

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...
13 July 2020
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A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...
16 June 2020
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A group representing 600 tax experts working in UK legal and accounting firms is warning buyers not to purchase a new...
28 May 2020
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The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...
05 March 2020
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Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...
07 December 2019
From: Features

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...
03 August 2019
From: Features

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...
23 March 2019
From: Features

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A solicitor is warning estate agents and the public about allegedly wrong advice relating to the additional homes stamp duty surcharge. Julie...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The holiday home market may still be struggling in the wake of the three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...
10 August 2018
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The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...
30 June 2018
From: Features

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...
30 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The small print of the Budget has revealed that the government is to make minor changes to the ‘additional homes’ three...
24 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

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

HMRC has refunded £185m to some 15,000 house buyers since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April of last...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...
20 October 2017
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The Conservative party, in a press statement released to clarify comments made by Theresa May, says the government’s proposed extra £2...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...
26 August 2017
From: Features

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has reported its half-year figures for the six months to the end of June and, as expected, they show how...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of transactions in the housing market has fallen for the third successive month - and for the first time...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features

Residents in two parts of Cornwall will vote tomorrow on whether to join the holiday resort of St Ives in banning...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has admitted that the three per cent stamp duty surcharge has raked in twice as much as expected. In November...
13 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

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...
25 February 2017
From: Features

An analysis by Savills shows that so-called ‘additional homes’ - that is, those carrying a three per cent stamp duty surcharge...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...
28 January 2017
From: Features

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

Brexit and wider economic uncertainties worsened by changes to property taxation have forced the Council of Mortgage Lenders to cut its...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...
17 December 2016
From: Features

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
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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

One of the most respected buying agencies in the country, Property Vision, says the estate agency industry's turnover is down not because of...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The housing market has not fallen over in the wake of the Brexit vote, contrary to come predictions, “but there are...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

An investment report from credit ratings agency Moody’s suggests it is concerned about the effects of Brexit on the housing market,...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers has become the latest body to call for the scrapping of stamp duty to give the...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from the HMRC show the scale of sales market drop-off following the surge in purchases by buy to...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Home-owners borrowed £8.1 billion for house purchases in April, which was four per cent down on the same month a year ago. There...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Two initiatives appear to show efforts by the conveyancing industry to make its house transaction processes quicker and more appropriate to...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a broad welcome for what would appear to be a government U-turn over the imposition of the stamp...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a significant drop in interest in purchasing buy to let properties in March as the April 1 stamp duty surcharge...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News

London-based Auction House says the new stamp duty surcharge rules will encourage more sellers to use auctioneers. The additional homes three per...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The former secretary of state at the Department of Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, is to write to Chancellor George...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A top consultancy firm is warning that the stamp duty surcharge coming into effect at the end of this week may lead...
31 March 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

Unlikely as it seems, the Treasury has tipped-off the 909 individuals and organisations that responded to formal consultation over the stamp...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s official consultation exercise on the stamp duty surcharge - launched in controversial circumstances over the Christmas holidays - attracted...
22 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

The Law Society is calling on its members to warn not just clients but also estate agents if there is a...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

What are we going to do about Generation Rent? Only as recently as February 2016 did tenants steal the headline away...
27 February 2016
From: Features

Another online petition has been launched against one of Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures seen as an attack on the private...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

There is less than a week to go before formal consultation ends on the introduction of the so-called stamp duty surcharge...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK’s largest estate agency group has upgraded its profits forecast to the City - just over 10 weeks after issuing...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The scores are in: Estate Agent Today has collated forecasts from 10 of the leading estate agency corporates and major business...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The government chose Christmas Bank Holiday Monday to launch its formal consultation on the ‘additional properties’ stamp duty surcharge, first announced...
28 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The scores are in: here are the top 10 high-end agencies and property analysts' predictions for what 2016 has in store...