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As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

There are positive signs that the country market could avoid a housing downturn, Knight Frank claims. Analysis by the agent found while...

Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hinted for the second time that he is looking towards property to help fund his...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

Varying decisions across the country means the dreaded stamp duty cliff-edge will hit the market at different times in different UK...

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the stamp duty holiday on properties up to £500,000 will be extended from March 31 to June 30; from...

Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid...

A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

There’s been a huge focus on both the stamp duty holiday and Help To Buy deadlines at the end of March...

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...

Experts are warning that buyers rushing to complete before the March 31 cliff edge for the stamp duty holiday may miss...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...

The Nationwide has pulled no punches with Chancellor Rishi Sunak - it’s made it clear that if the stamp duty holiday...

The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...

A leading mortgage broker is warning that over half the lenders in a key segment of the market are already unable...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

The online petition calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday is set to pass 100,000 signatures today. This means the...

Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...

The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...

Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

NAEA Propertymark has renewed its warning that a cliff-edge threatens housing market stability as the stamp duty holiday ends. The organisation’s outgoing chief...

Stamp duty breaks have historically done little to help the housing market - and it’s the same now. So says David Hannah,...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

There’s been a cautious welcome for the extension to the current mortgage holiday scheme, due to run out for ‘early adopters’...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...

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