Archive

The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...

Average asking prices have increased at their highest rate for 10 months during March but the property market remains sensitive, Rightmove...

The Spring Budget missed the mark when it comes to boosting current market conditions, agents have claimed. A survey of 833 UK...

The Spring Budget last Wednesday rounded out to be mostly a disappointment for the property industry, but it was also perhaps...

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

Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost halved its house price forecasts after another relatively quiet fiscal update for the...

Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...

Propertymark has added its name to calls for Stamp Duty reform and has also urged lenders to develop more affordable mortgage...

Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...

Rumours of the launch of a 1% mortgage deposit scheme have re-emerged with just weeks to go until the Spring Budget  Chancellor...

More than a third of property professionals view the Spring Budget as an opportunity to boost new build and the first-time...

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

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the strongest hint yet that housing measures could be included in the Spring Budget. Chancellor Jeremy...

The Government’s latest attempt to bolster the property appears to be 1% deposit mortgages. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reported to be considering...

Agency trade body Propertymark has expressed hope that housing will be a key part of the Spring Budget after the Treasury...

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

When Jeremy Hunt sat down in the Commons after delivering his first Spring Budget, I imagine there were many who felt...

  The over-50s could make the best estate agents, an industry training platform has claimed. It comes as the Treasury unveiled plans for...

So next week we get to know how high housing is on the Government’s list of priorities. As we wait to see...

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

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...

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

Former housing minister Gavin Barwell has been appointed as Theresa May's chief of staff. Barwell lost his Croydon Central seat – and...

We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and yet the issue remains the big divide across the nation: an...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

An estate agent and a building society have both advocated radical moves to reform stamp duty - and want Chancellor Phillip...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...