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The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...
12 September 2020
From: Features

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A property tax specialist is warning that sellers of buy to lets or holiday homes may have to estimate their own...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...
21 April 2020
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The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...
07 December 2019
From: Features

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The holiday home market may still be struggling in the wake of the three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Sales of holiday homes could be hit as a result of a new £560m tax proposal put forward by Labour. Under the...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...
11 August 2017
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Luxury global estate agency Sotheby's International Realty has expanded its operation in Italy. The firm has opened a new office in the...
19 June 2017
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Residents in two parts of Cornwall will vote tomorrow on whether to join the holiday resort of St Ives in banning...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis by Savills shows that so-called ‘additional homes’ - that is, those carrying a three per cent stamp duty surcharge...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A key decision that may have far-reaching implications for the sale of holiday homes has been delayed by a High Court...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...
07 October 2016
From: Features

The highest number of second homes in UK local authority areas exist not in the south west, the Lake District or...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is warning that it will “take time” for the three per cent stamp duty surcharge to be absorbed into...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A report says agents in the Cornish holiday home haven of St Ives admit the local market has been hit by...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has been ordered by a court to pay more than £7,500 after admitting advertising holiday homes as permanent...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...
08 July 2016
From: Features

Countrywide says it is too early to say whether the stamp duty surcharge introduced in the spring has had any significant...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agency chief operating in an area where there are high levels of holiday home ownership has stood up for...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Scotland’s Land & Building Transaction Tax - its more radical replacement for stamp duty which still applies throughout the rest of...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country and JLL have both announced they are expanding their business in Portugal. Fine & Country has just opened its...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...
31 December 2015
From: Features

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