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

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...

He portrays himself as a scourge of the Remoaner elite and a champion of the people, but when it comes to...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

A Georgian mansion described as an oasis of seclusion and including a lake with 2,000 fish is being raffled by its...

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...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

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

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

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

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

November 6 has been declared Budget Day - at least if there is a Brexit deal agreed in principle in the...

A London agent is urging rivals to provide realistic valuations, even if vendors want more and despite temptations to over-value to...

The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 27, according to research from Nested.com. The online estate agency says...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

Prospective property buyers have been provided with several reasons why they should stop delaying purchasing decisions due to Brexit uncertainty. Buying agency...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...

In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...

The Conservative Party conference agenda, now published, gives the housing issue several bites of the cherry in Manchester next week. Housing minister...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

A blog for the British Property Federation has come up with three radically different proposals for stamp duty, providing food for...

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...

A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

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

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

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...

A new analysis of stamp duty suggests that a cut of around a third in SDLT could produce a 40 per...

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

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...

Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

Transactions in the troubled prime London market have actually increased year on year according to Knight Frank’s latest market snapshot. The agency...

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...

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

One of the country’s leading estate agents says shifting the burden of stamp duty away from the buyer - which is...

There’s more ammunition today for those agents who argue that equity release stops people moving and thus cuts the number of...

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

An outspoken building society chief has taken the unusual step of calling for stamp duty to be replaced by capital gains...

One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

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

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

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

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

HM Revenue & Customs is set to pocket £60m less from one of its property taxes than it forecast. An analysis of...

Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...

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

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

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

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

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...

He may not yet have had time to produce a Brexit plan but Boris Johnson has at least had a few...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

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

There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago.  The agency says London’s so-called...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

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...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

More than 75 per cent of first time buyers have benefited from the changes to stamp duty thresholds for introduced a...

If your New Year’s resolution is to move to a four bedroom home in London or the south of England, you...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...

An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...

The global chief executive of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has warned mortgage lenders against offering so-called ‘super-sized’ home loans to borrowers.  Bruce is...

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

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

A leading buying agent says the first quarter of 2019 may be crucial in determining the future of the current stamp...

Shocking figures from the Local Data Company, a consultancy monitoring the health of High Streets, show that 211 estate agency offices...

There was a drop in the number of new listings across the UK last month, suggesting that the usual autumn rush to...

Homes that require major structural work have asking prices which are on average £40,000 below the market norm, according to research...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

We’re used to recent stories about transaction dips and price stagnation as Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty take their toll on...

Latest figures on the central London market from franchise giant Winkworth show that viewings dropped 20 per cent in the third...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

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...

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...

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...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

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...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...

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

Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...

“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...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

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

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...

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...

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...

A London estate agent who works closely with High Net Worth overseas buyers has hit out a proposed law which he...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

Some 31 per cent of first time buyers residing in London ended up moving away from the capital to purchase a...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

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

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

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 another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

Boris Johnson is calling for a cut to Britain’s “absurdly high” stamp duty. Writing in this morning’s Daily Telegraph - the same newspaper...

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

A respected mortgage broker has found that there is widespread public uncertainty amongst the public about the effects of stamp duty...

One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...

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...

Gazumping is the biggest irritation in the property market to the general public according to a survey of over 2,000 people.  Respondents...

Prices and transaction volumes have both fallen again in Prime Central London according to the index produced by Central London Portfolio,...

A government announcement this morning claims 121,500 first time buyers have taken advantage of the stamp duty cut introduced at the...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

The price per square foot for homes in central London is currently £1,194 - that’s 16.9 per cent below its 2014...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

Agents appear to be getting more pessimistic over the housing market as the latest government figures show prices still growing - but...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

An outspoken high-end London estate agent says millionaire foreign buyers purchasing “cheap” properties in the capital represent what he calls “the...

If agents want to get into what looks like a guaranteed growth sector, retirement properties might just be the one if...

Transactions across Greater London have plummeted - they were down 7.9 per cent over the past three months and a whopping...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

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 -...

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...

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

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...

A poll of housing market experts suggests London house prices are likely to fall this year as a result of Brexit...

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...

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

The introduction of the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to replace stamp duty in Wales has had a significant impact on house...

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

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

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

Figures from the Treasury suggest that the annual revenue from stamp duty for the year to the end of March is...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process.  In a survey of 500 people...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

Statistics published for the Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings show that the government appears to be succeeding in its  bid to...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

HM Revenue and Customs has won a key ruling concerning a tax avoidance scheme promoter which claimed to be able to...

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

  Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

Rightmove has reported another very large leap in revenue in 2017 and a modest rise in agency and new home customers...

Scotland is considering giving first time buyers relief or exemption from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the replacement for stamp...

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...

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

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau says early evidence suggests typical first time buyers are now spending more following the effective scrapping of stamp...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

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

Rightmove’s former lettings chief Sam Mitchell has taken over as chief executive of online agency HouseSimple, which recently won another £20m...

London’s prime central market is turning around at last according to the chief executive of Belgravia estate agency Henry & James. James...

One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...

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

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...

An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from...

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

As the £1m-plus housing market continues to struggle in most parts of the country, so the use of stunts and gimmicks...

The managing director of a bank has called for young people to be given more assistance in understanding the finances and processes behind...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

The Department of Communities and Local Government has been rebadged as the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government in what...

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...

Mystery surrounds a claim made by Prime Minister Theresa May that the stamp duty changes for first time buyers made in...

More price falls have been recorded across areas of prime London according to Savills.  The pattern is not uniform - the agency...

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

The Nationwide says the Chancellor’s decision to effectively scrap stamp duty for the majority of first time buyers will have only...

The last of the leading agency analysts and business consultancies have now given their predictions for the UK housing market in...

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...

One of prime London’s most senior estate agents says stamp duty is “strangling the residential property market” in areas of the...

The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007...

Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...

The Halifax reports that house prices in the last three months, that’s between September and November, were 2.4 per cent higher...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been and gone and, yet, still nothing much has changed! Yes, of course,...

House price growth appears to have stabilised at 2.5 per cent per year according to the latest index to appear, that...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the proportion of sales made to first time...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt says she welcomes the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers purchasing homes under...

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

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

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

The government has defined the ‘first time buyers’ who will benefit from its immediate scrapping of stamp duty for FTB purchases...

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

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

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

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

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

easyProperty, the online agency, says stamp duty should be paid by sellers and not by first time buyers. The online firm’s head...

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...

Nicky Morgan, a former Cabinet minister and now chair of the highly respected Commons' Treasury Select Committee, is the most senior...

Former National Association of Estate Agents president Simon Gerrard is renewing his campaign for the government to adopt two innovative reforms...

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...

The head of a major Oxford estate and lettings agency has written an open letter to Chancellor Phillip Hammond urging him...

Two thirds of first time buyers over-estimate the cost of purchasing a home according to a survey from the NatWest. The NatWest’s...

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

Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and...

Garrington Property Finders says some two-thirds of homes in two high-value parts of prime central London have been on sale for...

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

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

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

A minister has floated the idea that stamp duty could be reduced on homes where sellers have improved energy efficiency. Climate Change...

Stamp duty reform lies at the heart of the submission by the National Association of Estate Agents ahead of next month’s...

Conservative MP John Stevenson is the latest to throw his weight behind switching the burden of stamp duty from the buyer...

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

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...

The Welsh Government has set out the new levels of stamp duty for the country from next year onwards - and...

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...

Confidence in buying property remains negative according to the quarterly sentiment measure undertaken by the Building Societies Association. Over a quarter of...