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

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

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

An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...

Stamp duty statistics show that the introduction of a two per cent surcharge on residential properties by overseas buyers, means HM...

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...

A stamp duty surcharge which has been labelled ‘forgotten’ because of its low profile has nonetheless bagged £45m for HM Treasury in...

It’s been revealed that the government did consider a stamp duty RISE which would have been announced in this week’s Budget. The...

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

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

An online agent operating in the Midlands says the idea of flipping property is a thing of the past thanks to...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

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...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

London’s super prime residential market shows signs of recovery with more £5m-plus sales recorded in the first four months of 2021 than...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...

Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...

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

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...

A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...

The new two per cent stamp duty surcharge applying to non-resident buyers may cause a wide range of properties to be...

A tax expert says that there is 'zero likelihood' of the government changing its mind on stamp duty changes for overseas...

The government has published draft legislation giving further details on the two per cent stamp duty surcharge on non-residents purchasing residential...

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

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...

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

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...

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

The new government has announced that its first Budget is to be held on Wednesday March 11 - and it’s giving...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

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

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

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

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

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

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent...

A solicitor is warning estate agents and the public about allegedly wrong advice relating to the additional homes stamp duty surcharge. Julie...

The government has launched an official consultation about a new stamp duty surcharge - the long-awaited additional one per cent for...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

The holiday home market may still be struggling in the wake of the three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of a delay in any stamp duty surcharge on...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Stamp duty relief for first time buyers of full-priced houses and apartments is to be extended to first time buyers of...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

Knight Frank appears to have shrugged off the problems hitting the high end of the housing market, reporting a 14 per...

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of the delay in any stamp duty surcharge...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

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...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...

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

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...

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

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

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

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...

Franchise giant Winkworth has told its shareholders that its revenues for 2017 are likely to be less than five per cent...

The small print of the Budget has revealed that the government is to make minor changes to the ‘additional homes’ three...

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

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

The London residential market is at last improving - but faces a make or break situation with next week’s Budget according...

HMRC has refunded £185m to some 15,000 house buyers since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April of last...

The largest mutual life pension and insurance company in the UK has added its voice to growing calls for stamp duty...

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...

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

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...