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For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

The UK government has been told it should make the stamp duty cut permanent to encourage investment and make it easier...

Foxtons is facing another shareholder revolt over the bonus being given to its chief executive despite taking £7m in state Covid...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

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

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

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

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

It’s costing taxpayers £750,000 just for the government to update its IT systems to handle the stamp duty holiday.  In a document...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...

PropTech firm Sprift has entered into a deal with The Guild of Property Professionals. The partnership means that Guild member agents have...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

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

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...

The latest breakdown of the stamp duty holiday extension has given a first estimate of the total number of deals to...

Varying decisions across the country means the dreaded stamp duty cliff-edge will hit the market at different times in different UK...

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

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the stamp duty holiday on properties up to £500,000 will be extended from March 31 to June 30; from...

Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...

Tax experts suggest the widely expected reform of Capital Gains Tax is unlikely to be announced in tomorrow’s Budget - at...

It’s been revealed that some far reaching changes to property taxes may not be unveiled at Wednesday’s Budget and may wait...

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

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...

An MP demanding a root and branch reform of property taxation, including scrapping stamp duty, says the chance of fundamental reform is...

Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no...

A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...

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

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

A group that last year floated the concept of a one-off wealth tax - which would include taxing main homes as...

The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...

Almost a year ago the government announced that estate and lettings agencies were to be included in the business rates relief...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...

Labour has entered the cladding controversy by calling a vote in the House of Commons to force government action on the...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...

London buyers have been by far the biggest winners from the stamp duty holiday according to new research. The Keller Williams UK...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering an extension to the current stamp duty holiday according to media reports today - and the...

Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...

One of the most respected figures in the industry, trainer and consultant Richard Rawlings, is suggesting that stamp duty should be...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

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

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

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

A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

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

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

MPs want the government to publish the names of estate agencies and other companies claiming furlough funding. The all-party Public Accounts Committee of...

One of Countrywide’s high-end brands, Hamptons, has joined in what it calls “a new residential partnership” with an agency on the...

Around half of all estate agencies selling homes for £5m or more have not even registered for anti-money laundering processes, and/or...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...

In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...

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

The UK has topped the rankings for the highest property taxes as a percentage of overall taxation in the developed world...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

HM Revenue and Customs and the Advertising Standards Authority are working together to cut out misleading marketing by promoters of stamp...

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

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

Stamp duty breaks have historically done little to help the housing market - and it’s the same now. So says David Hannah,...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has resisted changing any property taxes in the short term, but has used his Spending Review statement to...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

Today sees the government’s Spending Review, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak taking centre stage as he presents a 12 month spending plan to...

Connells has increased the temperature in its bid for Countrywide with a surprise statement this morning outlining risks run by Countrywide if...

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 -...

A survey of people currently buying property suggests as many as a quarter may pull out if they know they’ll miss...

Countrywide shares soared yesterday, rising 47 per cent on the previous close at one point as investors relished the prospect of...

While England’s national lockdown exempts the housing market and allows agents to operate normally, it’s not been the same in Wales...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

The national lockdown beginning on Thursday makes the case for an extension to the stamp duty holiday, according to a tax...

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

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

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

In recent years, the extent and role of the private rented sector (PRS) in the housing market has seen significant changes. The...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...

A tax expert says his research suggests some buyers of homes with annexes may have paid too much stamp duty on...

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...

Stamp duty specialist consultancy Cornerstone Tax claims some 120,000 buyers in the UK may be owed SDLT refunds. It says that in...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined his measures to help agencies and other businesses survive Coronavirus. His announcements - endorsed by both the...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today reveals his latest measures to help businesses - including agencies, suppliers and other parts of the property...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

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

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

Franchise giant Winkworth has reported an 11 per cent drop in gross revenue and profit plummeting 20.2 per cent in the...

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

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...

A prominent industry figure says the current stamp duty holiday could effectively be a trap to lure in buyers who will...

Connells Group has announced its trading statement for the first half of 2020 - and its support for its staff is...

Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

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

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

Large scale increases in and changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime could seriously hurt the housing market, a senior figure...

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

Rightmove says it’s going to reject over £150,000 in payouts from the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The portal furloughed 160 employees...

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

The Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has suggested that there will be further housing market lockdown easing later this month. His announcement...

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

It looks like the stamp duty holiday for England and Northern Ireland, already in effect following yesterday’s announcement, is unlikely to...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

A prominent tax specialist has suggested that stamp duty cuts would not help improve the housing market, despite many agents suggesting...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

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

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

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

A taxation institute is urging the government to delay Capital Gains Tax changes relating to housing transactions until the virus crisis...

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...

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

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...

NAEA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has started buying social media advertising space in a bid to recruit agents. In a ‘promoted’...

A property tax specialist is warning that sellers of buy to lets or holiday homes may have to estimate their own...

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...

If there are agents still uncertain as to whether their company or themselves as individuals are claiming the maximum business support,...

A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

Knight Frank is furloughing agents and other staff with the company topping up the taxpayers’ funding to ensure employees get 100...

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...

The government has amended the eligibility criteria and will allow some agents' commission payments to be included in claims for Furloughed...

The NAEA and ARLA have jointly written to the government asking it to include agents’ commission in its plans to help those financially...

One of the biggest issues for agencies at the moment is furloughing - a safety net being offered by the government...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new measures to help the self-employed - likely to be welcomed by self-employed estate agents. The Chancellor...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a sweeping range of financial measures to try to minimise the impact of Coronavirus...

Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...

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

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

There has been broad support and relief amongst property industry players following announcements from several lenders that they would grant mortgage...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

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

There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...

Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

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

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...

Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

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

It’s been reported that two founders of an estate agency at Leigh in Greater Manchester have been banned until 2025 after...

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...

It looks like the Equity Release bubble may have burst, with latest figures showing a four per cent fall in the...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

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...

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

The European Union’s highest court has ruled that Airbnb is not subject to strict rules governing estate and lettings agents in...

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...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

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

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

Properties worth a combined £8.1m have been surrendered to the National Crime Agency following a tax probe. The properties included 16 homes...

A sales and lettings agency in the Cotswolds has taken on a fleet of fully electric company cars. The Volkswagen eGolfs selected...

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...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...

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

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

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...

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...

Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...

Knight Frank - which a year ago loudly announced a 14 per cent profits leap - has now reported an 11...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

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

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

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

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

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

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

Winkworth’s trading statement for the first half of 2019 show the company’s revenue and pre-tax profit both dipping slightly - but...

A business site says an agency’s administration has been extended as insolvency specialists try to find its former owner to claim...

I suspect that at some time we have all rented an Airbnb (I am sitting on the couch of one as...

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...

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...

The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...

A property company chief has been banned from being involved in any company for five years following a case involving over...

Advertising on Zoopla is a must-have for most sellers but for Susan Tate in Anglesey it meant she ended up in...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

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

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before.  The...

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...

Connells Group has repeated its claim, made in recent months in the light of trading figures, that it is now the...

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

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Connells Group has this morning announced a profits dip for the first six months of the year.  Its pre-tax profits were £26.2m...