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A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the furlough scheme until the end of March. It will continue under the current rules, with the...

The Bank of England’s monthly interest rate decision was made today - but instead of it being announced at 12 noon,...

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...

A London estate agent has broken ranks with much of the industry and instead of welcoming the stamp duty holiday has...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak - and the agency industry - will no doubt be delighted to know that visits to Rightmove soared...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be no stamp duty on homes selling for £500,000 or...

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

One of the possible stamp duty options floated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak could mean 89 per cent of sales would be...

Unnamed government sources quoted in many newspapers today suggest stamp duty reforms may be announced later this year. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to...

The Chancellor has revealed how he will wean businesses off the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - meaning that agencies and suppliers...

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new measures to help the self-employed - likely to be welcomed by self-employed estate agents. The Chancellor...

Estate and lettings agencies that have closed temporarily as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown are to be to exempted from...

There will be a two per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of UK investment properties by non-resident overseas buyers...