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![Stamp Duty cut could be bad for first-time buyers -warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
Rumours about tax cuts in this week’s Autumn Statement are continuing but there are warnings that a Stamp Duty cut may...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will Stamp Duty or Inheritance Tax cut be better for the property market?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
A buying agent has given his backing to the prospect of a Stamp Duty and Inheritance Tax (IHT) cut during this...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Hunt For Tax Cuts - An Autumn Statement Preview](/upload/images/__thumbs/1%20shutterstock_1196667214.jpg/1%20shutterstock_1196667214__400x215.jpg)
As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...
18 November 2023
From: Features
![One year later: Market remains tough for buyers after mini-Budget mayhem](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
It is just over one year since former Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s ill-fated mini-Budget and homeowners and...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Light-touch Budget is no bad thing for the housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
When Jeremy Hunt sat down in the Commons after delivering his first Spring Budget, I imagine there were many who felt...
18 March 2023
From: Features
![Property Natter - 2023? Keep calm and carry on](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...
14 January 2023
From: Features
![Autumn Statement: What agents want from Chancellor Hunt](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have a go at balancing the nation’s books today and the main thing agents seem to want...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPs back Stamp Duty cut as Labour queries its benefits](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leadership or General Election? – what property professionals want](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Liz Truss became the shortest serving UK Prime Minister yesterday, resigning after just 45 days and prompting a new Conservative Party...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Cash buyers – where in the UK are they most prominent?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
The latest research from property consultancy Knight Frank has set out which areas of the UK have the largest proportion of...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cut - much needed boost or short term fix? Either way, estate agents need to prepare for the rush](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Smartsearch/EAT%20-%20October%2022.jpg)
The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...
17 October 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Stamp duty cut to remain as Hunt scraps mini-Budget](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has reversed almost all of the tax cuts set out in Kwasi Kwarteng's disastrous mini-Budget three...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor sacked as Truss U-turns on corporation tax cut](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_Kwasi%20Kwarteng_400x310.png)
In a dramatic, fast-moving day, the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked ahead of a press conference by Liz Truss which reversed the...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – what impact will the economic tug-of-war have on the property market?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_Kwasi%20Kwarteng_400x310.png)
With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![SDLT cut ‘a shot in the arm’ for sales, but government could have done more](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_Kwasi%20Kwarteng_400x310.png)
Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cut ‘could save’ homebuyers £1bn per year, says research](/upload/images/Back-link-images/9_Steps_to_getting_a_mortgage_after_an_IVA.jpg)
The stamp duty cut announced by the government in last week’s mini-Budget could save homebuyers across England more than £1 billion...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property sector backs Investment Zones but calls for more clarity](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Bridging%20image2%20695x400.jpg)
Agents and property professionals have backed the creation of Investment Zones to help boost housebuilding but have called for more clarity...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![What agents want from today’s mini-Budget](/upload/images/Back-link-images/9_Steps_to_getting_a_mortgage_after_an_IVA.jpg)
New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to unveil the Government’s so-called “plan for growth” today during a mini-Budget. The property market is...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property sector calls for targeted stamp duty cuts](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![House price growth returns to double digits – but for how long?](/upload/images/Back-link-images/AdobeStock_274051802.jpeg)
Annual house price growth returned to double digits in July, Land Registry data reveals. The figures will reignite the debate over the...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Would a Liz Truss win lead to BoE reform and much higher interest rates?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/LizTruss02-400x310.png)
Interest rates made their biggest leap in 27 years yesterday, rising by 0.5% from 1.25% to 1.75%. It was the biggest...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rishi-Tweedle-Dum and Liz-Tweedle-DumDum](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...
23 July 2022
From: Features
![Tory leadership race: Candidates urged to commit to housebuilding targets](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The Tory leadership candidates have been urged to not forget about housing as the race to be the new Prime Minister...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Proptech and the future of the UK’s economy and property market](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-4-400x310.jpg)
Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...
23 April 2022
From: Features
![Sigh of relief that Sunak avoids hurting housing market](/upload/images/library/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Income Tax cut and VAT scrapped on home energy efficiency measures](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a dramatic future income tax cut, changes to National Insurance thresholds and scrapping VAT on more...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Out The Duty - new campaign launched by newspaper](/img/default/eat.png)
A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty must be cut says Boris Johnson’s ‘own’ magazine](/img/default/eat.png)
The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Reform: have the Conservatives got cold feet?](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Index claims house prices rose six per cent in ONE month alone](/img/default/eat.png)
A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...