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An expert says a change in Stamp Duty Land Tax, coming into effect on June 1, will alter how investors and...

We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

Today, I am reflecting on the Chancellor’s surprise Spring budget decision to abolish multiple dwellings relief for Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...

Rumours about tax cuts in this week’s Autumn Statement are continuing but there are warnings that a Stamp Duty cut may...

A well known critic of stamp duty has returned to his long-standing theme of querying whether buyers have paid too much...

The end of last year’s Stamp Duty holiday has given a temporary boost to house price data for October 2022. The latest...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...

The threshold for the Welsh version of stamp duty is set to rise, following on from the stamp duty cut for...

The stamp duty cut announced by the government in last week’s mini-Budget could save homebuyers across England more than £1 billion...

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

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

An Australian PropTech platform called PEXA aims to break into the UK property industry this year, claiming to improve transaction processes. PEXA...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...

The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...

A leading accountant is warning of a possible stamp duty change affecting residential property this year. HMRC is currently consulting on a...

A record number of conveyancers have been trained in the last 18 months, despite the challenges of the pandemic and extended...

There’s a rising number of over-65s but a short supply of suitable affordable properties for them, Propertymark has told government. The agents’...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

A highly influential think tank says stamp duty should be scrapped for all house purchases once and for all. Alexander Hammond of...

HM Revenue & Customs is reported to be targeting recent home buyers after a slump in income from property taxes during...

Propertymark has worked with one of the UK governments to create an information sheet which, in virtual or hard copy firm,...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

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

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

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

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

A tax expert says his research suggests some buyers of homes with annexes may have paid too much stamp duty on...

A group representing 600 tax experts working in UK legal and accounting firms is warning buyers not to purchase a new...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

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

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

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

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

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...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

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

The Welsh Government has announced that from April 2018, Stamp Duty Land Tax will be replaced with a Land Transaction Tax.  The...

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

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

A Strutt & Parker senior partner has dismissed speculation that the residential arm of his agency is about to be taken...

A conveyancer who swindled his clients and HM Revenue and Customs out of almost £352,500 in stamp duty land tax, has...

UK house price growth accelerated to an annual rate of 9.6 per cent in the year to March, according to the...