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![Budget 2023: Property groups call for Stamp Duty overhaul](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A property group is the latest to call for a Stamp Duty overhaul in today's Budget. The National Association of Property Buyers’ (NAPB)...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Local communities warned second home sales bans will backfire](/upload/images/library/LandlordHouses-400x310.jpg)
A property expert has warned against bans on second home sales and has suggested giving local buyers first refusal instead. It comes after...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leading politician says sales tax on homes could help local buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another new portal opens in bid to woo independent agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - what happened when big lenders had their own estate agencies?](/img/default/eat.png)
All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features
![30% Discounts: good idea but...er…how will they work?](/img/default/eat.png)
Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...
08 February 2020
From: Features
![Details of 30% discounts for 'First Home' local buyers revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech v Traditional: Auction houses fight for market share](/img/default/eat.png)
Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: new 'for sale by owner' site launches, bypassing agents](/img/default/eat.png)
A website called Roofoveryourhead has launched which threatens to bypass estate agents and allow vendors to sell for free. The site uses language similar...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property auctions market round-up Q1 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...
06 May 2017
From: Features
![Kings strike gold at the UK estate agency ‘Oscars’](/img/default/eat.png)
Winners’ reactions and views from a fantastic day of celebration! The Kings Group scooped the gold award for Best Estate Agent in...
25 April 2016
From: Features
![Consultation action confirms buy-to-let contempt](/img/default/eat.png)
My suspicion in my December Industry Views column that the Chancellor, George Osborne, holds certain types of property owners in contempt...