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Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...

It’s been revealed that the government did consider a stamp duty RISE which would have been announced in this week’s Budget. The...

Lost in the noise of yesterday’s social care announcements, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has named October 27 as his next Budget Day...

A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...

Many young people are stuck unable to purchase their first home even if house prices fall in the wake of the...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

A forecast suggests HM Revenue & Customs will rake in no less than £8.8 billion in Capital Gains Tax in 2018...

One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...

Mystery surrounds a claim made by Prime Minister Theresa May that the stamp duty changes for first time buyers made in...

Figures from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility suggest that house prices across the UK will rise by 3.1 per cent...

An analysis of data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals that inheritance tax paid by UK families has topped £5 billion...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

The government has admitted that the three per cent stamp duty surcharge has raked in twice as much as expected. In November...

The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again.  It...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...

The Treasury has admitted that stamp duty ‘take’ is expected to soar from £11.2 billion this year to £17.8 billion in...