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More than three quarters of home buyers are ‘gazundering’—or ‘price chipping’—to reduce the agreed sale price of properties at the last...

A US real estate brokerage is heading to the UK, with plans to target those looking for a holiday home across...

Vendors could end up spending hundreds of pounds more when selling their home due to Trading Standards material information rules guidance,...

The slowing housing market may have at least one benefit for leaseholders looking to sell their homes, a property lawyer claims. House...

The last minute Bank Holiday for the Queen’s funeral on Monday has created some logistical issues for the property market. A legal...

Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...

Increasing numbers of buyers are gazundering or ‘price chipping’ on their offers to force property sellers and agents into last minute...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

New rules on leasehold homes came in this week, banning ground rents on new leases but a property expert warns this...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

An agent is considering charging divorcing couples because so many ask for valuations merely to calculate how they will split the...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...

Criticism of the management of Countrywide has reached new levels of derision as the mainstream media have attacked the chaos surrounding...

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...

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

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...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

Esther McVey is to be the new housing minister - one of the most seasoned politicians to take the job in...

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

One of the country’s leading estate agents says shifting the burden of stamp duty away from the buyer - which is...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...

Newspapers are reporting that Brexit’s impact on house prices - especially if there is No Deal - are likely to take...

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

An outspoken high-end London estate agent says millionaire foreign buyers purchasing “cheap” properties in the capital represent what he calls “the...

One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The ‘lower priced’ 80 per cent of homes in prime central London are seeing price rises again, giving hope they have...

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

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

Trevor Abrahmsohn, one of London’s best known estate agents and a founder of OnTheMarket, says stamp duty should be split between...

Speculation has grown that the Conservatives may make a manifesto pledge to remove some family homes’ long-established exemption from Capital Gains...

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

Property Vision, one of the country’s oldest and most respected buying agencies, has added its voice to those saying that stamp...

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

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

An estate agent and a building society have both advocated radical moves to reform stamp duty - and want Chancellor Phillip...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

A London property investment firm says the government has enjoyed a tax take of £394m since introducing the Annual Tax for...

The remarkable bull run on the London Stock Exchange continues for hybrid estate agency Purplebricks, which floated shares at 100p just...

The Treasury should review the impact of stamp duty on London's market given recent political and economic changes according to London...

The extension of Inheritance Tax from April is likely to hinder the recovery of the battered prime central London market according...

Sales of homes in prime central London improved towards the end of 2016 says Savills - but only after prices were...

The government has announced that its next Budget will be on March 8 next year. Until recently, Budgets and their ‘mini-me’ Autumn...

New data revealed by investment consultancy Central London Portfolio claims that transactions in prime central areas of the capital have dropped 24...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

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

Strutt & Parker has seen a fall in revenue and profits for the year ending April 30 - and it puts...

Prominent top end London estate agent Trevor Abrahmsohn says some homes in the higher levels of the market may now have...

Let me set out my stall from the beginning. Firstly with two buy to lets managed by an agency, I understand and...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

Recent stamp duty changes have resulted in a substantial decline in transaction numbers and HM Revenue & Customs missing its revenue...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

London agency Stirling Ackroyd is the latest to call for reforms to stamp duty, with a claim that prices for the most expensive...

The Daily Telegraph has this morning launched a campaign calling on Chancellor Phillip Hammond to slash stamp duty. The newspaper - a...

The number of homes sold for £1m and above has risen by 12 per cent in the first half of 2016 -...

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

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...

The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...

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

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

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

An influential backbench Conservative MP is the latest to speak out, urging the government to resolve the growing argument over the...

The National Association of Estate Agents has waded into the row created by the revelation that the government’s Help To Buy...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have exposed the government’s much-vaunted Buy To Let ISA scheme - billed as helping first time...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

MP Bernard Jenkin, the chairman of the public administration committee, is the latest to raise concerns at the possible privatisation of...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...

Never in my lifetime have I seen so much enthusiasm and passion for politics. Brexit awoke the sleeping dog in almost...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

A high end international London estate agent says a Brexit will lead to increased sales of homes in prime central London...

Property consultancy Arcadis, which monitors construction and development around the world, wants Chancellor George Osborne to offer temporary stamp duty relief...

As we have just passed the 6 month half way point of 2016 we thought it would be a good idea...

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership is that four weeks today it will all be over –...

George Osborne has claimed that average house prices could fall by up to 18% if the UK leaves the EU following...

A property investment firm says a British exit from the EU may cause minimal damage to the prime London market and...

Chancellor George Osborne has moved his campaign for the UK to remain in the EU on to housing issues with a...

There was an extraordinary 70 per cent leap in residential transaction volumes in March this year compared to the same month...

It’s unlikely that this is what George Osborne wanted when he announced his stamp duty surcharge but its deadline for introduction...

There has been a broad welcome for what would appear to be a government U-turn over the imposition of the stamp...

We talk about the unstoppable rise of buy-to-let and forget that it was only as recently as the early 1970’s that...