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A prominent industry figure says the current stamp duty holiday could effectively be a trap to lure in buyers who will...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

It looks like the stamp duty holiday for England and Northern Ireland, already in effect following yesterday’s announcement, is unlikely to...
09 July 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

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Scotland is considering giving first time buyers relief or exemption from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the replacement for stamp...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s been no let up with your generous sharing of your Christmas decorations - thanks for sending so many in. With under...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Scotland already has the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax instead of stamp duty - now Wales is following suit, with a...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The introduction of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax to replace stamp duty in Scotland is having an “eye watering” impact...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has announced that from April 2018, Stamp Duty Land Tax will be replaced with a Land Transaction Tax. The...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices in Scotland rose 0.9 per cent in May, taking the average value to £172,119 - still down on a...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been an 11 per cent increase in sales in Scotland over the past year - and one major agency...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A major estate agency is demanding urgent clarification on a three per cent tax levy - a ‘mini-me’ version of the...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Property sales in Scotland for first-time buyers and home movers are increasing three times faster than the rest of the UK...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a three per cent surcharge on the full purchase price above £40,000...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The director of two major agencies says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge and stock at an “historically low level” will force...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Data from the Registers of Scotland shows a marked increase in transaction levels – up 23 per cent in one year,...
29 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Scottish house prices may have risen 10.3 per cent since May 2014 – twice that of England & Wales - but...
16 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says the high-end market in Scotland has slumped as buyers and sellers allow the new Land and Buildings Transaction...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Scottish house prices have seen their sharpest fall in six years as the ‘transaction tax boom’ has come to an end...
18 June 2015
From: Breaking News

In what would have been an unimaginable trend just a year ago, house prices are now rising faster in Scotland than...