A prominent estate agent has started an online petition to reverse stamp duty so it is paid by the vendor, not...
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![Ban Referral Fees For Agents - petition demands government action](/upload/images/library/Referrals-400x310.png)
A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: Government to set out response to call for change](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![150,000 and rising! Stamp Duty Extension petition wins more support](/img/default/eat.png)
The online petition which prompted a debate by MPs has now won the support of around 150,000 signatures. Typically public support for...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency apology over ‘bullying’ claims to allow Covid viewings](/img/default/eat.png)
An online agency has apologised to a single mother who felt pressured into allowing viewings of a property she was renting. Local media in...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Has the Stamp Duty Holiday extension campaign worked?](/img/default/eat.png)
There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...
06 February 2021
From: Features
![Stamp Duty Victory? Hint of possible 'phased' end to holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Debate As It Happened - What MPs Said](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Live! Watch MPs' Stamp Duty Extension debate here](/img/default/eat.png)
You can watch the Parliamentary debate on a possible Stamp Duty Holiday extension here, using the streaming link at the bottom of...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![D-Day - will MPs back industry call for stamp duty holiday extension?](/img/default/eat.png)
Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent launches petition for radical overhaul of house buying process](/img/default/eat.png)
An online petition has been started by an independent estate agent seeking a radical overhaul of how homes are sold in...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday - broker warns most lenders won’t make deadline](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading mortgage broker is warning that over half the lenders in a key segment of the market are already unable...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Failed Sales fear as Stamp Duty Holiday cliff edge approaches](/img/default/eat.png)
A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![MPs to debate Stamp Duty Holiday extension - date announced](/img/default/eat.png)
It's been announced that MPs will after all debate the Stamp Duty Holiday extension following a hugely popular online petition. The 90-minute...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Debate: MP wants government to honour petition pledge](/img/default/eat.png)
The MP who presides over online petitions such as the one calling for an extension of the stamp duty holiday says...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Gag: MPs prevented from debating extension](/img/default/eat.png)
The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday: is it really just a subsidy for London buyers?](/img/default/eat.png)
London buyers have been by far the biggest winners from the stamp duty holiday according to new research. The Keller Williams UK...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dozens of Tory MPs demand stamp duty extension from Sunak](/img/default/eat.png)
The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cliff-edge end to Stamp Duty Holiday will not hurt market, says analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Campaign to extend SDLT holiday nears landmark total](/img/default/eat.png)
The online petition calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday is set to pass 100,000 signatures today. This means the...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents “forced and pressured” into unsafe viewings - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
An online petition wants all agents’ offices to close during the pandemic. Keeping them open means agents feel "forced and pressured" to conduct...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents accused of “feigning hysterics” over stamp duty cliff-edge](/img/default/eat.png)
Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![“Chaos and mayhem!” Phil Spencer’s warning over stamp duty extension](/img/default/eat.png)
Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phase It Out - Calls grow for ‘tapered’ end to stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget date is in time for U-turn on stamp duty holiday extension...](/img/default/eat.png)
The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Madness! Government refusal to extend SDLT holiday provokes anger](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![If you want a stamp duty holiday extension, sign here…](/img/default/eat.png)
A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove accused of 'sinister' changes to listings of agent who quit](/img/default/eat.png)
Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents' pay scandal: Campaign demands minimum wage](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent has started an online petition demanding negotiators and others in the agency industry be paid the legal minimum wage...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Another petition - this time calling for Help To Buy to be scrapped](/img/default/eat.png)
Online petitions appear to be the flavour of the week - the latest is calling for the government’s Help to Buy...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Petition claims many Rightmove listings are speculative and over-priced](/img/default/eat.png)
A mystery online petition is urging Rightmove to filter its advertisements “in a bid to curb down inflationary / speculative / fake...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Redressing the wrongs of agents remains fair and impartial](/img/default/eat.png)
When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...
05 November 2016
From: Features
![eMoov's petition wants agency licensing because standards are poor](/img/default/eat.png)
eMoov founder and chief executive Russell Quirk has launched another online petition, this time calling for mandatory licensing of estate agents. The...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry protests work – so keep them up](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been a heartening few weeks for those of us who thought that protest was dead – or, more precisely, that...
09 September 2016
From: Features
![Surveyors are latest to come out against Land Registry privatisation](/img/default/eat.png)
The Residential Property Surveyors Association is the latest of many trade bodies to come out against government proposals to privatise the...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Slow take-up so far for online agent's petition to scrap EPCs](/img/default/eat.png)
An online petition to scrap Energy Performance Certificates has received only modest support so far. The petition has been put forward by eMoov...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry privatisation consultation closes today](/img/default/eat.png)
The government's consultation on the proposed privatisation of the Land Registry closes today. Interested parties have had since March 24 to give...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry: anti-privatisation campaign gathers momentum](/img/default/eat.png)
An online petition against the privatisation of the Land Registry now has around 225,000 signatures with just over a week to...
17 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Another online petition - this time against stamp duty surcharge](/img/default/eat.png)
Another online petition has been launched against one of Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures seen as an attack on the private...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Tax return threat to small agencies will be debated by MPs this month](/img/default/eat.png)
The prospect of quarterly tax returns being imposed on some businesses - including small estate agencies and other small firms servicing...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Will small agencies be hit by Osborne's four-times-a-year tax returns?](/img/default/eat.png)
There are fears that a little-publicised proposal could mean some of the country's smallest estate agencies would have to file tax returns...