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An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt says she welcomes the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers purchasing homes under...

Figures from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility suggest that house prices across the UK will rise by 3.1 per cent...

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

The government has defined the ‘first time buyers’ who will benefit from its immediate scrapping of stamp duty for FTB purchases...

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

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...

The London residential market is at last improving - but faces a make or break situation with next week’s Budget according...

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...

easyProperty, the online agency, says stamp duty should be paid by sellers and not by first time buyers. The online firm’s head...

Nicky Morgan, a former Cabinet minister and now chair of the highly respected Commons' Treasury Select Committee, is the most senior...

Former National Association of Estate Agents president Simon Gerrard is renewing his campaign for the government to adopt two innovative reforms...

The largest mutual life pension and insurance company in the UK has added its voice to growing calls for stamp duty...

The head of a major Oxford estate and lettings agency has written an open letter to Chancellor Phillip Hammond urging him...

Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and...

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

Stamp duty reform lies at the heart of the submission by the National Association of Estate Agents ahead of next month’s...

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

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...

Jeremy Leaf, the London estate agent and former RICS residential chairman, is the latest industry figure to call for the government...

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

An estate agent and a building society have both advocated radical moves to reform stamp duty - and want Chancellor Phillip...

The Treasury should review the impact of stamp duty on London's market given recent political and economic changes according to London...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...