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The Scottish Government’s Budget has been described as a “missed opportunity.” The update yesterday from Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison, outlined a...

Agents are hoping for further support for the housing market north of the border as the Scottish Government prepares to set...

A proposed cut in stamp duty by the Westminster government would be a welcome boost to homebuyers and would need to...

Property taxes collected in Scotland have risen nearly 50 per cent in just two years according to analysis of the latest...

The Scottish Government’s Budget this week is being described as an opportunity to help homebuyers and to make the country an...

Scotland may face “serious labour shortages” due to its relatively high property buying taxes compared with in England, a leading agent...

The threshold for the Welsh version of stamp duty is set to rise, following on from the stamp duty cut for...

Fewer than 20% of Scots homeowners paid more than 83% of all house purchase tax north of the border, according to...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

A stamp duty loophole in one part of the UK is likely to be closed later this year. Until now buying a...

Scotland was the first UK nation to scrap the equivalent of its stamp duty holiday, yet already the official economic monitor...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

Propertymark has worked with one of the UK governments to create an information sheet which, in virtual or hard copy firm,...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There’s been no let up with your generous sharing of your Christmas decorations - thanks for sending so many in. With under...

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

Scotland already has the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax instead of stamp duty - now Wales is following suit, with a...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Welsh politicians have called for clarity over the new Land Transaction Tax that will replace stamp duty from April next year. In September...

The introduction of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax to replace stamp duty in Scotland is having an “eye watering” impact...

The Welsh Government has announced that from April 2018, Stamp Duty Land Tax will be replaced with a Land Transaction Tax.  The...

The government’s housing policy, while helpful outside London, has had a negative effect on the capital according to one of the...

House prices in Scotland rose 0.9 per cent in May, taking the average value to £172,119 - still down on a...

Berkeley Group, which has given a trading report to the City, says reservations for its new homes are down 20 per...

There has been an 11 per cent increase in sales in Scotland over the past year - and one major agency...

Scotland’s Land & Building Transaction Tax - its more radical replacement for stamp duty which still applies throughout the rest of...

Your Move claims the higher end of the Scottish housing market is recovering from the introduction of Land and Building Transaction...

A major estate agency is demanding urgent clarification on a three per cent tax levy - a ‘mini-me’ version of the...

Property sales in Scotland for first-time buyers and home movers are increasing three times faster than the rest of the UK...

The Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a three per cent surcharge on the full purchase price above £40,000...

The director of two major agencies says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge and stock at an “historically low level” will force...

Data from the Registers of Scotland shows a marked increase in transaction levels – up 23 per cent in one year,...

Scottish house prices may have risen 10.3 per cent since May 2014 – twice that of England & Wales - but...

Knight Frank says the high-end market in Scotland has slumped as buyers and sellers allow the new Land and Buildings Transaction...

Scottish house prices have seen their sharpest fall in six years as the ‘transaction tax boom’ has come to an end...

In what would have been an unimaginable trend just a year ago, house prices are now rising faster in Scotland than...

UK house price growth accelerated to an annual rate of 9.6 per cent in the year to March, according to the...