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The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

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

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

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

The agency affiliation group Relocation Agent Network is linking with HBB Solutions, a part exchange and ‘guaranteed purchase’ operator.  HBB says a...

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

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

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

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...

Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

National average house price growth bounced back in April after a slow March, according to official figures. The latest UK House Price...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...

The Conveyancing Association says new Chancellor Phillip Hammond should use next month’s Autumn Statement as the opportunity to reverse controversial buy...

It’s been a heartening few weeks for those of us who thought that protest was dead – or, more precisely, that...

Countrywide says it is too early to say whether the stamp duty surcharge introduced in the spring has had any significant...

Conveyancing transactions hit a post-recession high during the first quarter of 2016, according to new figures. Search provider Search Acumen's analysis of...

When it comes to Budgets and Property, you have to hope that the old adage that ‘things happen in threes’ turns...

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Estate Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...

Today is the last chance for Estate Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

Estate Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

The government chose Christmas Bank Holiday Monday to launch its formal consultation on the ‘additional properties’ stamp duty surcharge, first announced...

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