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When Jeremy Hunt sat down in the Commons after delivering his first Spring Budget, I imagine there were many who felt...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...

Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...

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

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

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

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be no stamp duty on homes selling for £500,000 or...

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...

The NAEA and ARLA have jointly written to the government asking it to include agents’ commission in its plans to help those financially...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a sweeping range of financial measures to try to minimise the impact of Coronavirus...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

The Conservative Party conference agenda, now published, gives the housing issue several bites of the cherry in Manchester next week. Housing minister...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...

The new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the relatively unknown Robert Jenrick -  but his new housing...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

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

HM Revenue & Customs is set to pocket £60m less from one of its property taxes than it forecast. An analysis of...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...

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

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...

For those of us working within the property sector, we’re in the very midst of what, for generations, has been one...

A year ago, we were days away from the introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes – a...

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

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

The Daily Telegraph has this morning launched a campaign calling on Chancellor Phillip Hammond to slash stamp duty. The newspaper - a...

The Treasury has admitted that stamp duty ‘take’ is expected to soar from £11.2 billion this year to £17.8 billion in...