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Higher mortgage rates will push more people than expected into poverty, research warns. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) highlights...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will have the removal vans booked this morning after the General Election result. Sir Keir is set...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The manifestos of all major parties tell us little about their true tax and public service plans, a respected financial think...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
In the later stages of an election when the Conservatives’ best chance of success is forcing an own goal by Labour,...
22 June 2024
From: Features
An agency bond says Labour’s plan to slap VAT on private school fees will have a positive effect on pricing of...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
In the second of their Election Wishlist series, Leaders Romans Group turn the spotlight on the Private Rented Sector (PRS). Here, National...
08 June 2024
From: Features
With election day looming, in the first of a series of articles, experts from property services organisation, Leaders Romans Group, offer...
01 June 2024
From: Features
Amid the frenetic news agenda of recent weeks, a story broke that may have easily passed you by. It revealed how tenant...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Hopes of an interest rate cut have been raised after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggested the UK economy is recovering faster...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A stamp duty cut would see house prices go up and evictions soar, a property industry commentator claims. Reports in the past...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The average price of a home in Wales fell to £229,263 in the first quarter of 2024, making this the fifth...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A report in the Times newspaper says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning a stamp duty cut in the early autumn. The paper...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...
20 March 2024
From: Features
The Spring Budget last Wednesday rounded out to be mostly a disappointment for the property industry, but it was also perhaps...
16 March 2024
From: Features
Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...
09 March 2024
From: Features
Now the dust has settled on what many described as an ‘underwhelming’ Budget, we take a look at what two business...
09 March 2024
From: Features
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost halved its house price forecasts after another relatively quiet fiscal update for the...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...
17 February 2024
From: Features
Agency trade body Propertymark has expressed hope that housing will be a key part of the Spring Budget after the Treasury...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...
16 December 2023
From: Features
Around half of homebuyers will continue to postpone plans to purchase a property after the Autumn Statement failed to provide sufficient...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Statement this afternoon amid rumours of Stamp Duty reforms and support for first-time buyers. The...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
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
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
When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...
18 November 2023
From: Features
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has repeated calls for Stamp Duty to be scrapped as politicians prepare for party conference...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of the Building Societies Association is warning that mortgage lending - already down on last year - is...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
I’ve found myself in contemplative mode this week, looking forward to the future and remembering times past. In the immediate future –...
11 March 2023
From: Features
The Northern Ireland Executive should seek devolved powers over Stamp Duty, Propertymark claims. The agency trade body has urged the Executive to...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Agency sale stock has improved by almost 40% in parts of Scotland over the past month, new research claims. Analysis by Scottish...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Average property values have decreased for the third time in the past four months as Halifax warns of the end for...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices could fall by 10% next year as higher mortgage pricing and rising inflation dampen buyer budgets, Savills has warned. The agency...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...
29 October 2022
From: Features
I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...
22 October 2022
From: Features
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
Buyer demand has dropped by a fifth in the fortnight since the mini-Budget while supply has increased from worried homeowners, Zoopla...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...
08 October 2022
From: Features
Despite all the recent speculation surrounding the housing market after the badly-received mini-Budget and regular talk of a possible slowdown, new...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
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
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
A stamp duty loophole in one part of the UK is likely to be closed later this year. Until now buying a...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...
02 October 2021
From: Features
Scotland was the first UK nation to scrap the equivalent of its stamp duty holiday, yet already the official economic monitor...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...
21 August 2021
From: Features
A young Conservative says “the rich are getting a free pass” thanks to the current council tax system, and there should...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Agency staff who worked from home at any point during the pandemic - even for just one day - can still...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features
Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...
12 June 2021
From: Features
A think tank wants the government to scrap stamp duty and replace it with an annual property tax based on capital...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...
13 February 2021
From: Breaking News
You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...
13 February 2021
From: Features
Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features
An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...
30 May 2020
From: Features
Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...
02 May 2020
From: Features
The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features
Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...
08 February 2020
From: Breaking News
There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News
A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...
31 October 2018
From: Sponsored Content
It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...
27 October 2018
From: Features
Even the cheapest local homes are out of reach for at least 40 per cent of young adults according to a...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News
One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Home ownership among the young has fallen across all income groups according to a large scale research project looking at adults...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News
One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News
One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...
24 March 2018
From: Features
Investment website The Motley Fool says comparisons between forecast and actual profits reported by Purplebricks suggest the company’s position isn’t -...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...
26 August 2017
From: Features
Ten out of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News say Brexit and economic uncertainty are likely to stall London’s housing market...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News
A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features
Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows that the sale of residential properties rose a marginal 0.8 per cent last month...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News
House prices in London are now rising at 7.6 per cent per year - the lowest figure for 39 months according...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Strutt & Parker has seen a fall in revenue and profits for the year ending April 30 - and it puts...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...
09 December 2016
From: Features
Prominent top end London estate agent Trevor Abrahmsohn says some homes in the higher levels of the market may now have...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...
19 November 2016
From: Features
It’s been a heartening few weeks for those of us who thought that protest was dead – or, more precisely, that...
09 September 2016
From: Features
The government’s housing policy, while helpful outside London, has had a negative effect on the capital according to one of the...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been a surge of new crowdfunding platforms aimed at people who either cannot afford to purchase their own buy...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News
Another online petition has been launched against one of Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures seen as an attack on the private...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News
The City consultancy which advises Purplebricks says the online agency will break even in terms of its month-to-month activities by the...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News
In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...