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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,...

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...

The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...

A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

A group representing 600 tax experts working in UK legal and accounting firms is warning buyers not to purchase a new...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

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...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

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...

A solicitor is warning estate agents and the public about allegedly wrong advice relating to the additional homes stamp duty surcharge. Julie...

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

The holiday home market may still be struggling in the wake of the three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...

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

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

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

National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in...

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the...

The small print of the Budget has revealed that the government is to make minor changes to the ‘additional homes’ three...

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

HMRC has refunded £185m to some 15,000 house buyers since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April of last...

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

The Conservative party, in a press statement released to clarify comments made by Theresa May, says the government’s proposed extra £2...

Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...

Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

Foxtons has reported its half-year figures for the six months to the end of June and, as expected, they show how...

The number of transactions in the housing market has fallen for the third successive month - and for the first time...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

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

Residents in two parts of Cornwall will vote tomorrow on whether to join the holiday resort of St Ives in banning...

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

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

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

An analysis by Savills shows that so-called ‘additional homes’ - that is, those carrying a three per cent stamp duty surcharge...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

New data revealed by investment consultancy Central London Portfolio claims that transactions in prime central areas of the capital have dropped 24...

Brexit and wider economic uncertainties worsened by changes to property taxation have forced the Council of Mortgage Lenders to cut its...

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

Recent stamp duty changes have resulted in a substantial decline in transaction numbers and HM Revenue & Customs missing its revenue...

Estate agents have spent the weekend finalising their wish-list and lobbying MPs and government ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement. Top of the...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

One of the most respected buying agencies in the country, Property Vision, says the estate agency industry's turnover is down not because of...

The housing market has not fallen over in the wake of the Brexit vote, contrary to come predictions, “but there are...

An investment report from credit ratings agency Moody’s suggests it is concerned about the effects of Brexit on the housing market,...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers has become the latest body to call for the scrapping of stamp duty to give the...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

The latest figures from the HMRC show the scale of sales market drop-off following the surge in purchases by buy to...

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...

Two initiatives appear to show efforts by the conveyancing industry to make its house transaction processes quicker and more appropriate to...

There has been a broad welcome for what would appear to be a government U-turn over the imposition of the stamp...

There was a significant drop in interest in purchasing buy to let properties in March as the April 1 stamp duty surcharge...

London-based Auction House says the new stamp duty surcharge rules will encourage more sellers to use auctioneers. The additional homes three per...

The former secretary of state at the Department of Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, is to write to Chancellor George...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents has quantified what the industry has known for some weeks - there has been a...

Unlikely as it seems, the Treasury has tipped-off the 909 individuals and organisations that responded to formal consultation over the stamp...

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

When it comes to Budgets and Property, you have to hope that the old adage that ‘things happen in threes’ turns...

The Law Society is calling on its members to warn not just clients but also estate agents if there is a...

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

Another online petition has been launched against one of Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures seen as an attack on the private...

There is less than a week to go before formal consultation ends on the introduction of the so-called stamp duty surcharge...

The UK’s largest estate agency group has upgraded its profits forecast to the City - just over 10 weeks after issuing...

The scores are in: Estate Agent Today has collated forecasts from 10 of the leading estate agency corporates and major business...

The government chose Christmas Bank Holiday Monday to launch its formal consultation on the ‘additional properties’ stamp duty surcharge, first announced...

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

Another 1.4m homes could be built across London if councils make better use of land and if local authority planners allowed...