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Today, I am reflecting on the Chancellor’s surprise Spring budget decision to abolish multiple dwellings relief for Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Now the dust has settled on what many described as an ‘underwhelming’ Budget, we take a look at what two business...

There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis.  But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...

Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...

Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...

Rumours about tax cuts in this week’s Autumn Statement are continuing but there are warnings that a Stamp Duty cut may...

As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...

The Propertymark Trust is offering grants to agents and family members affect by Storm Ciaran. The Met Office has issued almost 200...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

While some landlords may have breathed a sigh of relief following Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s announcement on energy upgrades, I suspect...

Winkworth is calling for the Government to take immediate action to fix the property market.  On the eve of the Tory party...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande reacts to the shock but much-needed pause in interest rate rises. I suspect you, like me,...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

House prices have fallen at the steepest rate since 2009, Halifax data shows. The latest Halifax House Price Index for August suggests...

Experts are warning that the weekend’s better than expected economic news could indirectly hurt the housing market. The UK economy grew by...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

After yet another tumultuous week in the property market, many of those working sector will be breathing a huge sigh of...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ruled out providing financial support for struggling mortgage borrowers as rates hit new highs. Average mortgage rates hit...

An estate agency in Backwell, North Somerset has celebrated the re-opening of its offices following a major water leak six months...

Letting agents are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to opening a client account and getting Client...

The UK is on its rear - fact. Whilst many were breathing a sigh of relief after surviving a global pandemic,...

Agency trade body Propertymark has welcomed reforms to the business rates system, meaning high street agents, and other businesses, could finally...

UK estate agents are split when it comes to their opinion on last week’s Budget, with half concerned about a lack...

A property group is the latest to call for a Stamp Duty overhaul in today's Budget. The National Association of Property Buyers’ (NAPB)...

I’ve found myself in contemplative mode this week, looking forward to the future and remembering times past. In the immediate future –...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

The Government is being urged to help homeowners go green and reintroduce mortgage interest relief as a way of boosting rental...

A former minister has questioned whether the Government has a long-term commitment to reform Stamp Duty to boost transactions and has...

With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...

Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...

The confirmation of an immediate Stamp Duty cut last week may have meant delayed sales could complete, but there are concerns...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

There has been an understandable focus on things other than Government since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, but Prime...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

The Government yesterday unveiled its long-awaited package of energy bill support for businesses. It will help firms including high street estate agents...

Agents and property professionals haven't let the summer holidays slow down their fundraising efforts. If there are charitable endeavours you think the...

Lettings has helped drive Foxtons revenue and profits for the first half of the year, a company update has revealed. The listed...

Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

New homeowners are being warned about cold calls from scammers advising them to make speculated stamp duty refund claims. The warning comes...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

The latest trading update from Foxtons has revealed that sales revenue in the first quarter of this year was down 9%...

A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

High end estate agency Savills says the imposition of sanctions on Russians, amid new measures obliging overseas buyers to be more...

One of the UK’s leading economic experts is to be the speaker at a Rightmove seminar this week, considering whether events...

A consultation exercise on government proposals for its business rates review is totally “underwhelming” according to property agency Colliers. The consultation ends...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

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

A leading accountant is warning of a possible stamp duty change affecting residential property this year. HMRC is currently consulting on a...

Hello, and with Christmas around the corner we have perhaps the most charming and well-produced festive video we’ve seen from an...

With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...

HM Revenue & Customs is consulting on how it can clamp down on property professionals and buyers who allegedly try to...

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, your weekly opportunity to salute those in our industry doing so much...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...

Propertymark says more buyers are now looking at online auctions, making this a more viable route to sale than before. The latest...

Foxtons has given an upbeat trading update to shareholders this morning. It says so far this year sales revenue is a huge...

There has been criticism of the new Residential Development Tax, levied to fund remedial work on dangerous cladding on high rise blocks. The tax...

An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hinted for the second time that he is looking towards property to help fund his...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...

A plea has been made to the government to help small companies and stop letting online firms off the hook. The Federation...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

HM Revenue & Customs is reported to be targeting recent home buyers after a slump in income from property taxes during...

Hello and welcome to another round-up of our industry’s wonderful work for good causes. Before we salute this week’s heroes, our usual...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

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

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

Agency staff who worked from home at any point during the pandemic - even for just one day - can still...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...

Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...

Foxtons is facing another shareholder revolt over the bonus being given to its chief executive despite taking £7m in state Covid...

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

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

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

There’s been a huge focus on both the stamp duty holiday and Help To Buy deadlines at the end of March...