Search Results for: stamp duty
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Housing Market
LATEST: Tories to scrap Stamp Duty if they win next election
Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch made a surprise announcement at her party conference pledging to scrap Stamp Duty completely.
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Regulation & Law
BREAKING: Rachel Reeves considers staggered Stamp Duty payments
After months of damaging property tax speculation, Chancellor's proposal to spread Stamp Duty payments offers timely boost for housing market.
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Regulation & Law
Agents may want Stamp Duty reform, but homeowners emphatically do not
New research reveals stark divide as homeowners ‘fear consequences’ of Stamp Duty changes, whilst the majority of estate agents support them.
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Regulation & Law
LATEST: Housing secretary admits Stamp Duty ‘wrongdoing’ but will she resign?
Deputy Prime Minister refers herself to ethics adviser after allegations in the national newspapers that she had dodged a £40,000 tax bill on a property in Hove, East Sussex.
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Housing Market
Ditching Stamp Duty ‘to drive 70,000 more property sales a year’
Claim is made by Dan Neidle's Tax Policy Associates, which says its research shows why Stamp Duty is such a brake on the housing market - and suggests some solutions.
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Regulation & Law
Property industry applauds Chancellor’s Stamp Duty scrapping proposal
Several high profile figures have applauded the Chancellor's plans to overhaul the property tax system and target wealthier home owners.
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Regulation & Law
Treasury ‘looking at property tax to replace Stamp Duty’
Rachel Reeves, strapped for cash, has turned her attention to private housing and is modelling a tax on property sales.
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Regulation & Law
HMRC warns home buyers over ‘bogus’ Stamp Duty refund claims
A test case has clarified that those seeking to win Stamp Duty refunds by claiming properties are 'uninhabitable' are spurious.
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Regulation & Law
Portals, leading estate agency and Phil Spencer back Stamp Duty reform
Andrews, Zoopla, Rightmove and TV star are urging fellow agents to sign a petition that would give home buyers longer to pay the tax.
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Products & Services
Mortgage broker reveals profits jump following Stamp Duty ‘cliff face’
Peter Brodnicki, CEO of MAB says rush to complete before SDLT rules changed, along with improving housing market, have helped firm do well.
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