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08 October 2022
From: Features
![Country market could avoid ‘cliff edge moment’ – Knight Frank](/upload/images/Logos/KnightFrank_NEW(red)2022_400x310.png)
There are positive signs that the country market could avoid a housing downturn, Knight Frank claims. Analysis by the agent found while...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Slowdown or house price cliff edge? It's too early to tell](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...
25 June 2022
From: Features
![Six Things We DIDN’T See In 2021](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...
11 December 2021
From: Features
![Property Tax Threat: Labour hints at rises to pay for social care](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hinted for the second time that he is looking towards property to help fund his...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Businesses, including agencies, hand back £1.3 billion in furlough money](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday taper leads to reduced mortgage borrowing](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla - why the property market won’t lose momentum in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...
24 July 2021
From: Features
![Conveyancers told: Manage agents' stamp duty expectations](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: Government to set out response to call for change](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...
10 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Furlough funding refunded to government by major agency group](/img/default/eat.png)
Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty cliff edge could “derail” market warns mortgage firm](/img/default/eat.png)
A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![It's the biggest sellers' market in a decade - Rightmove](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market softens ahead of predicted stamp duty holiday resurgence](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Mess: agents face three different cliff edges across the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Varying decisions across the country means the dreaded stamp duty cliff-edge will hit the market at different times in different UK...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity … Who’s sponsored to climb the cliff edge?](/img/default/eat.png)
Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: new cliff edge or cause for delight?](/img/default/eat.png)
Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: government clarifies Budget announcement](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Stamp Duty extension revealed by Chancellor Sunak](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the stamp duty holiday on properties up to £500,000 will be extended from March 31 to June 30; from...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Budget Briefing: Four things to watch for in today’s Budget](/img/default/eat.png)
Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Should stamp duty holiday extension be for ALL buyers, or just current ones?](/img/default/eat.png)
No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Radical end to stamp duty holiday suggested by legal bodies](/img/default/eat.png)
A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Every Stamp Duty cliff-edge fall-through costs an agent over £4,000](/img/default/eat.png)
New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123. The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday extension agreed - but is it a new cliff edge?](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty surge shows signs of weakening says HMRC](/img/default/eat.png)
Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers demand stamp duty action to stop dream homes being lost](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of transactions collapsing at...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Mayhem: Is a six week extension long enough?](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Many buyers are scared of negotiating with agents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sellers and buyers must bargain as March 31 cliff edge nears - call](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and Boris backer calls for stamp duty to be scrapped](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Legal warning over little-known stamp duty technicality](/img/default/eat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cliff edge leads to market running out of steam](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty panic may lead to Japanese Knotwood legal action](/img/default/eat.png)
Experts are warning that buyers rushing to complete before the March 31 cliff edge for the stamp duty holiday may miss...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Has the Stamp Duty Holiday extension campaign worked?](/img/default/eat.png)
There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...
06 February 2021
From: Features
![Extending Stamp Duty Holiday is top demand for Budget 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Official data shows why phased end to SDLT break is key - top agent](/img/default/eat.png)
New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Scrap stamp duty cliff edge ‘to help people stick to Covid guidelines’](/img/default/eat.png)
The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market to slow sharply if stamp duty holiday ends March 31 - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
The Nationwide has pulled no punches with Chancellor Rishi Sunak - it’s made it clear that if the stamp duty holiday...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Victory? Hint of possible 'phased' end to holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Debate As It Happened - What MPs Said](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![D-Day - will MPs back industry call for stamp duty holiday extension?](/img/default/eat.png)
Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday - broker warns most lenders won’t make deadline](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading mortgage broker is warning that over half the lenders in a key segment of the market are already unable...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Failed Sales fear as Stamp Duty Holiday cliff edge approaches](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Extend stamp duty holiday for exchanged properties, say finance chiefs](/img/default/eat.png)
The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dozens of Tory MPs demand stamp duty extension from Sunak](/img/default/eat.png)
The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Campaign to extend SDLT holiday nears landmark total](/img/default/eat.png)
The online petition calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday is set to pass 100,000 signatures today. This means the...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![“Chaos and mayhem!” Phil Spencer’s warning over stamp duty extension](/img/default/eat.png)
Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cliff-edge could throw away market growth - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phase It Out - Calls grow for ‘tapered’ end to stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Madness! Government refusal to extend SDLT holiday provokes anger](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents demand immediate tax action to help market](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![If you want a stamp duty holiday extension, sign here…](/img/default/eat.png)
A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents still worried about cliff-edge threat to stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holidays don’t help market, claims tax expert](/img/default/eat.png)
Stamp duty breaks have historically done little to help the housing market - and it’s the same now. So says David Hannah,...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lobby your MP over stamp duty holiday extension, says Guild](/img/default/eat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Drastic consequences if stamp duty holiday ends in March - agents’ chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday Mayhem - Sunak urged to avoid 'cliff-edge'](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![SDLT holiday could be tapered or restricted to first timers - top agent](/img/default/eat.png)
One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Chaos” ahead when stamp duty holiday ends, warns NAEA chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage holiday extension welcomed despite ‘cliff edge’ worry](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a cautious welcome for the extension to the current mortgage holiday scheme, due to run out for ‘early adopters’...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: local housing markets to be hit most when Help To Buy ends](/img/default/eat.png)
New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![MPs tell government - stamp duty cut isn't really helping first time buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...