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Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

The possible introduction of higher levels of Capital Gains Tax for the sale of buy to let, holiday homes or even...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...

Tax experts suggest the widely expected reform of Capital Gains Tax is unlikely to be announced in tomorrow’s Budget - at...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...

A property tax specialist is warning that sellers of buy to lets or holiday homes may have to estimate their own...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

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...