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Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...

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

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

As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...

It is just over one year since former Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s ill-fated mini-Budget and homeowners and...

When Jeremy Hunt sat down in the Commons after delivering his first Spring Budget, I imagine there were many who felt...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have a go at balancing the nation’s books today and the main thing agents seem to want...

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

Liz Truss became the shortest serving UK Prime Minister yesterday, resigning after just 45 days and prompting a new Conservative Party...

The latest research from property consultancy Knight Frank has set out which areas of the UK have the largest proportion of...

The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has reversed almost all of the tax cuts set out in Kwasi Kwarteng's disastrous mini-Budget three...

In a dramatic, fast-moving day, the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked ahead of a press conference by Liz Truss which reversed the...

With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...

Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...

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

Agents and property professionals have backed the creation of Investment Zones to help boost housebuilding but have called for more clarity...

New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to unveil the Government’s so-called “plan for growth” today during a mini-Budget. The property market is...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

Annual house price growth returned to double digits in July, Land Registry data reveals. The figures will reignite the debate over the...

Interest rates made their biggest leap in 27 years yesterday, rising by 0.5% from 1.25% to 1.75%. It was the biggest...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

The Tory leadership candidates have been urged to not forget about housing as the race to be the new Prime Minister...

Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a dramatic future income tax cut, changes to National Insurance thresholds and scrapping VAT on more...

A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...

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

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

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

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