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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...

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...

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

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

Sales of holiday homes could be hit as a result of a new £560m tax proposal put forward by Labour.  Under the...

Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

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

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

The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...

Luxury global estate agency Sotheby's International Realty has expanded its operation in Italy. The firm has opened a new office in the...

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

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

A key decision that may have far-reaching implications for the sale of holiday homes has been delayed by a High Court...

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

The highest number of second homes in UK local authority areas exist not in the south west, the Lake District or...

Knight Frank is warning that it will “take time” for the three per cent stamp duty surcharge to be absorbed into...

A report says agents in the Cornish holiday home haven of St Ives admit the local market has been hit by...

An estate agent has been ordered by a court to pay more than £7,500 after admitting advertising holiday homes as permanent...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

Countrywide says it is too early to say whether the stamp duty surcharge introduced in the spring has had any significant...

An estate agency chief operating in an area where there are high levels of holiday home ownership has stood up for...

Scotland’s Land & Building Transaction Tax - its more radical replacement for stamp duty which still applies throughout the rest of...

Fine & Country and JLL have both announced they are expanding their business in Portugal.  Fine & Country has just opened its...

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...

The Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a three per cent surcharge on the full purchase price above £40,000...

- From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have to pay an additional...