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The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

A think tank has proposed scrapping Council Tax and stamp duty in favour of an annual property levy.  The Institute for Public...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

A Conservative council in London says it is to be the first local authority in the UK to levy a voluntary...

Becky Fatemi of central London estate agency Rokstone says prime areas of the capital are to suffer a “prolonged phase of...

The latest Hometrack cities index suggests that London house prices in the last quarter recorded the lowest growth for 20 months...

Edinburgh city council is seeking the permission of the Scottish Government to introduce a local mansion tax through new bands of...

There’s bad news today for Labour members living in homes valued at £1m or more - one of their own MPs...

One of Britain's leading buying agencies say transactions at the very highest end of the London market may be as much...

Transactions in prime central London have plummeted and prices per square foot have dipped. Data from LonRes shows that in the second...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on contradicting figures...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on contradicting figures...

Three of the four candidates standing for the Labour leadership have effectively dismissed any possibility of reintroducing mansion tax if they...

The high-end market in parts of prime central London is in the doldrums because of a glut of £2m-plus homes put...

Andy Burnham, one of four candidates in the electioin to become next Labour leader, is the latest prominent party member to...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

There was a whopping 15.1 per cent fall in house purchase mortgage approvals in May, taking the total to the lowest...

Now that the General Election results have been counted and verified, and now that a new parliament has been sworn in,...

One of London’s biggest property sales of the year so far completed a few weeks before last month’s election, despite fears at...

The demand for homes in the capital remained robust during Q1 2015, according to Chestertons’ London Prime Residential Report for spring...

The true impact of the election on the housing market has been revealed as the latest government figures on house transactions...

This week RICS reported a further drop in the number of people putting their homes up for sale; new instructions fell...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...

As the nation finally gets to cast its vote at the polling booths, telephone answering specialist, Moneypenny has reported a dramatic...

The Economist appears to have cut through the arguments over mansion tax - and its conclusion may upset those who think...

The housing market across the UK is in a pre-election ‘squeeze’ with several indicators used by agents suggesting a significant slump...

Labour would introduce the mansion tax within its first 100 days in power, according to party leader Ed Miliband. He says the...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...

It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...

Around 120,000 home owners will have to spend around £110m to revalue their homes if Labour’s mansion tax policies come into...