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The predictions game can be tricky. Sometimes you just don’t know whether to stick or twist. As reported in Estate Agent Today...

Knight Frank has left the door open to revise its house price forecasts after the chancellor’s first Budget in October. Chancellor Rachel...

The latest prime London market snapshot from Knight Frank suggests muted activity so far this summer and warns of possible hesitancy...

Rents have begun to stabilise, despite an exodus of landlords from the sector and resistance over rent reductions. The market is witnessing...

With election day looming, in the first of a series of articles, experts from property services organisation, Leaders Romans Group, offer...

High interest rates, slow price growth and more stringent tax rules have eroded Buy-to-Let’s (BTL) charm for a number of landlords,...

The Propertymark Trust has launched Prop X, its first-ever fundraising event, scheduled for Birmingham in September.  A statement from the trade body...

More than a third of property professionals view the Spring Budget as an opportunity to boost new build and the first-time...

Happy New Year and welcome to what’s looking like a busy - perhaps even hectic - 2024! I thought it worth running...

Prime buying agency Black Brick has seen cash buyers double this year. Data from the buying agent shows 66% of clients have...

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

SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

A buying agent has given his backing to the prospect of a Stamp Duty and Inheritance Tax (IHT) cut during this...

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

It looks like more families are to be hit with inheritance tax in 2023/4 according to a new forecast.  Research from the...

The past seven days have seen a string of stories across the media relating to the property sector.  Reports have revealed how...

Zoopla has launched a property inheritance calculator to help children work out what support they could get from the Bank of...

Zoopla is set to unwrap a major new nine-week marketing campaign on Christmas Day in an effort to boost agent leads...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt should be wary of placing a greater financial burden on homeowners in next weeks’s Autumn Statement, an agent...

New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...

A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...

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

A rule change has been introduced this week in a bid to make equity release customers reduce interest costs. The option to...

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

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

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

A new report wants the government to consider slapping Capital Gains Tax on profits made from appreciating house values for all...

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...

High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...

The equity release market is on course for a record year after customers took out £1.049 billion in property wealth in...

In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...

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

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...

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

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

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

Tax experts suggest the widely expected reform of Capital Gains Tax is unlikely to be announced in tomorrow’s Budget - at...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

A group that last year floated the concept of a one-off wealth tax - which would include taxing main homes as...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...

Hefty increases in taxes on the purchase and sale of holiday homes and buy to let properties are expected in the...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

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

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

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

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

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

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

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

The holiday home market may still be struggling in the wake of the three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

A full 100 per cent of 20 to 24 year olds hope to buy their own home one day -  but...

The government has defined the ‘first time buyers’ who will benefit from its immediate scrapping of stamp duty for FTB purchases...

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

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

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...

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

A prominent housing expert says estate agents must not merely sell homes but should become “lifelong consumer property advisors.” Kate Faulkner -...

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...

Ministry of Justice probate fee changes coming into effect this spring will affect all individuals inheriting an estate worth more than...

There has been some really interesting talk recently of the relationship between FinTech (Finance Technology) and PropTech (Property Technology). A few...

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

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says some 270,000 homes in London have been granted planning permission but have not yet been...

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

Reports suggest foreign buyers may be losing interest in directly owning property in London and are in some cases increasingly attracted...

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a series of measures impacting on the property industry, including:   Mortgage interest relief for buy-to-let homebuyers...