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The UK Government should make better use of property taxes to deter foreign buyers, boost property supply and raise tax revenue,...

The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

Like most parts of the UK, the one I live in has a bit of a beef about parking. More precisely,...

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

A well known critic of stamp duty has returned to his long-standing theme of querying whether buyers have paid too much...

The Government is being urged to create a mortgage protection fund to support homeowners who are struggling with repayments. It comes as...

Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

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...

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

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...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform.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

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

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

A leading estate agency says the government may have to use stamp duty and council tax as incentives to persuade owners...

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...

A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a...

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...

A think tank wants the government to scrap stamp duty and replace it with an annual property tax based on capital...

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...

High end purchasers of homes in London paid 15 per cent of the stamp duty in 2020, yet the value of...

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...

A leading mortgage broker is warning that over half the lenders in a key segment of the market are already unable...

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

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...

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...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

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...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...

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

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

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

A group representing 600 tax experts working in UK legal and accounting firms is warning buyers not to purchase a new...

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...

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

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...

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...

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...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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

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...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

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...

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...

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