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Coventry Building Society has joined calls for Stamp Duty reform. The lender has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to address the controversial property...

There are now less than 40 days until self-employed property professionals will need to submit their self-assessment tax return, and pay...

The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

Inheritance Tax receipts for April to September 2023 have soared to £3.9 billion, some £0.4 billion higher than the same period...

Scotland may face “serious labour shortages” due to its relatively high property buying taxes compared with in England, a leading agent...

The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...

There are whispers in Whitehall about plans to encourage pensioners to downsize with a stamp duty tax break. The move, first reported...

What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...

Rising house prices boosted HMRC’s coffers during the previous tax year. Analysts suggest the booming housing market has meant HMRC has attracted...

Figures just released by HM Revenue & Customs show the Treasury enjoying a bumper year for stamp duty, with record receipts...

An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

The Treasury has enjoyed a record period for stamp duty income. In England from April to October this year - so almost entirely...

A stamp duty surcharge which has been labelled ‘forgotten’ because of its low profile has nonetheless bagged £45m for HM Treasury in...

Increasing house prices has encouraged HM Revenue and Customs to launch huge numbers of probes into Inheritance Tax payments. According to law...

A leading market commentator is warning that transactions and prices will fall without the stimulus of the stamp duty holiday. Karen Noye,...

A leading tax expert is advising investors to “plan your disposals” after new Capital Gains Tax figures have raised speculation of...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

If you’re worried the stamp duty holiday is denying the Treasury of much-needed income, think again. Stamp duty receipts soared to £1,196...

Stamp Duty receipts for the year to the end of February fell just six per cent despite the high profile SDLT...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...

The UK has topped the rankings for the highest property taxes as a percentage of overall taxation in the developed world...

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...

A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...

A new analysis of stamp duty suggests that a cut of around a third in SDLT could produce a 40 per...

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

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

HM Revenue & Customs is set to pocket £60m less from one of its property taxes than it forecast. An analysis of...

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

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

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

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

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

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

Statistics published for the Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings show that the government appears to be succeeding in its  bid to...

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...

A forecast suggests HM Revenue & Customs will rake in no less than £8.8 billion in Capital Gains Tax in 2018...

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...

An analysis of data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals that inheritance tax paid by UK families has topped £5 billion...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

HMRC says there has been a five per cent drop on the number of transactions attracting stamp duty in the first...

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

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...

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

Despite dire warnings from some estate agents that stamp duty receipts for the government would plummet in London, it now appears...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

Inheritance tax receipts taken by HM Revenue and Customs jumped to a record high of £4.6 billion in 2015-2016 according to...

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

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 Treasury has admitted that stamp duty ‘take’ is expected to soar from £11.2 billion this year to £17.8 billion in...

The House of Lords has set the cat amongst the pigeons on the government proposal to give housing association tenants the...

The government claims that over 36,000 new home owners have been created through Right to Buy since 2012. Figures released by the...

The Conservative Party’s manifesto pledge to extend the Right to Buy scheme was confirmed in yesterday’s Housing Bill.  The Bill was part...