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Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...

The Government has given local authorities powers to double the council tax charged on long-term empty homes after 12 months. The time...

The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...

Propertymark has expressed its opposition to Scottish Government plans to increase council tax premiums on second homes. Speaking to the Scottish Parliament’s...

Almost three quarters of homes on the market would be exempt from Stamp Duty for home-movers if the Chancellor introduced a...

Property taxes collected in Scotland have risen nearly 50 per cent in just two years according to analysis of the latest...

According to the latest English Housing Survey, there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said...

Whether at home or abroad, here are some top tips to prevent homeowners from breaking common garden laws and rules this...

The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...

THE PROPERTY market continues to hold pretty firm - despite fears voiced by many that 2023 would herald a crash in...

The threshold for the Welsh version of stamp duty is set to rise, following on from the stamp duty cut for...

The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...

Home hunters are increasingly searching for eco-friendly homes amid concerns about rising energy bills, figures suggest. New data from Legal & General...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

A property expert has warned against bans on second home sales and has suggested giving local buyers first refusal instead. It comes after...

There are whispers in Whitehall about plans to encourage pensioners to downsize with a stamp duty tax break. The move, first reported...

Propertymark has expressed hope that the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will help boost much needed agency supply. The trade body has...

The government last night revealed more details on its flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill including letting local authorities double council...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

This probably isn’t what wealthy buyers in one of the UK’s most expensive areas expected to hear, but a plea has...

A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes.  Earlier this...

A scheme to help people to get on the housing ladder in one of the UK’s most expensive local housing markets...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

A campaigning MP is to meet with a government minister to discuss controls and disincentives for second homes. Former Liberal Democrat MP...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

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

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

It appears almost certain that there will be limits imposed on the number and location of second homes in Wales, following...

There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...

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

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

The possible introduction of higher levels of Capital Gains Tax for the sale of buy to let, holiday homes or even...

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

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

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...

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

Stamp Duty receipts for the year to the end of February fell just six per cent despite the high profile SDLT...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

A report commissioned by the government suggests a doubling of Capital Gains Tax on profits from the sale of second homes. The government -...

Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...

A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...

Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...

Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...

Winkworth has a new office in its network, in the fashionable Suffolk town of Southwold. Independent agency Halford Wetmore has been acquired...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

A business rates tax break which benefits holiday home owners is to be reviewed by ministers, who have now launched a formal...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

There’s been a landslide vote to ban new-build second homes in another tourist hotspot. Some 90 per cent of those who voted...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

Average asking price of newly-marketed property have jumped 1.5 per cent - or over £4,500 - in the past month, says...

Foxtons has this morning given details of a sharp fall in both profits and revenue, wirth sales significantly falling away and...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

Winkworth, one of the largest estate agencies in London, has expanded with two new offices - although they are 235 and...

Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...

A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...

The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

An organisation that calls itself the Cornish Republican Army - and which has claimed responsibility for starting a fire in one...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...