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The average price of a home in Wales fell to £229,263 in the first quarter of 2024, making this the fifth...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking feedback on two ‘working papers’ that detail its assessment on the use of...

It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...

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

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

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

A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes.  Earlier this...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

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

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

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

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

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

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...

Estate agency offices in Wales with five or more staff will have to carry out a Coronavirus risk assessment under new...

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...

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

An agency in London which was stung by fierce criticism in the spring lockdown has announced its policy for branch activity...

One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

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...

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

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...

Wales is the latest part of the UK to formally scrap the policy which was once the flagship of Margaret Thatcher’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...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

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