Property taxes in Scotland raised almost £640m over the past twelve months, according to analysis of the latest statistics by agency...
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While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help...
13 July 2024
From: Features
Property supply has hit its highest level for eight years, Zoopla data shows. The latest Zoopla House Price Index shows the average...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £623m over the last twelve months according to analysis of the latest statistics by a leading...
25 May 2024
From: Features
Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government has given local authorities powers to double the council tax charged on long-term empty homes after 12 months. The time...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has expressed its opposition to Scottish Government plans to increase council tax premiums on second homes. Speaking to the Scottish Parliament’s...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost three quarters of homes on the market would be exempt from Stamp Duty for home-movers if the Chancellor introduced a...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Property taxes collected in Scotland have risen nearly 50 per cent in just two years according to analysis of the latest...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the latest English Housing Survey, there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said...
15 July 2023
From: Features
Whether at home or abroad, here are some top tips to prevent homeowners from breaking common garden laws and rules this...
01 July 2023
From: Features
The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
THE PROPERTY market continues to hold pretty firm - despite fears voiced by many that 2023 would herald a crash in...
15 April 2023
From: Features
The threshold for the Welsh version of stamp duty is set to rise, following on from the stamp duty cut for...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...
17 September 2022
From: Features
Home hunters are increasingly searching for eco-friendly homes amid concerns about rising energy bills, figures suggest. New data from Legal & General...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...
23 July 2022
From: Features
A property expert has warned against bans on second home sales and has suggested giving local buyers first refusal instead. It comes after...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
There are whispers in Whitehall about plans to encourage pensioners to downsize with a stamp duty tax break. The move, first reported...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has expressed hope that the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will help boost much needed agency supply. The trade body has...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The government last night revealed more details on its flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill including letting local authorities double council...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016. In 2021 some...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
This probably isn’t what wealthy buyers in one of the UK’s most expensive areas expected to hear, but a plea has...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes. Earlier this...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A scheme to help people to get on the housing ladder in one of the UK’s most expensive local housing markets...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...
19 February 2022
From: Features
A campaigning MP is to meet with a government minister to discuss controls and disincentives for second homes. Former Liberal Democrat MP...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
It appears almost certain that there will be limits imposed on the number and location of second homes in Wales, following...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax. Colliers claims local authorities are...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...
10 July 2021
From: Features
The possible introduction of higher levels of Capital Gains Tax for the sale of buy to let, holiday homes or even...
21 June 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
Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...
05 June 2021
From: Features
One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...
01 May 2021
From: Features
A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Stamp Duty receipts for the year to the end of February fell just six per cent despite the high profile SDLT...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...
28 November 2020
From: Features
Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A report commissioned by the government suggests a doubling of Capital Gains Tax on profits from the sale of second homes. The government -...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News
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...
14 December 2019
From: Features
With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features
Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...
24 August 2019
From: Features
A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has a new office in its network, in the fashionable Suffolk town of Southwold. Independent agency Halford Wetmore has been acquired...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...
23 March 2019
From: Features
If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
A business rates tax break which benefits holiday home owners is to be reviewed by ministers, who have now launched a formal...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...
22 September 2018
From: Features
Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...
15 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
There’s been a landslide vote to ban new-build second homes in another tourist hotspot. Some 90 per cent of those who voted...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...
11 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Average asking price of newly-marketed property have jumped 1.5 per cent - or over £4,500 - in the past month, says...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has this morning given details of a sharp fall in both profits and revenue, wirth sales significantly falling away and...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
Winkworth, one of the largest estate agencies in London, has expanded with two new offices - although they are 235 and...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...