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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
SDLT ‘biggest barrier to homeownership’ and should be scrapped – agents
Latest research shows estate agents back Rachel Reeves’ Stamp Duty shake-up but want its abolition without a replacement tax.
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Housing Market
Tory senior figure says ‘inefficient’ Stamp Duty needs reform
Richard Fuller, who is Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says heavily taxing people when they move home is not a good way to stimulate growth in the economy.
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Regulation & Law
STAMP DUTY: Chancellor urged to give home buyers more time
Rightmove has made the comments after predicting that some 74,000 property sales won't complete before the looming cut-off.
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Housing Market
April cliff-edge looms, says Hamptons
The upmarket estate agency is reporting huge numbers of first-time buyers rushing to purchase homes before Stamp Duty thresholds change in April 2025.
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Latest property news
Reform party promises Stamp Duty cuts as it surges in polls
Reform UK, led by Richard Tice, would cut Stamp Duty rates and scrap inheritance tax on estates worth less than £2 million.
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Latest property news
The ‘sales party’ will continue until March, predicts Winkworth
Company says furlough wind-down will not dent market confidence and that Sunak's stamp duty holiday will keep sales going until March.
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Housing Market
Budget ‘failed to tackle shortage of rented homes’
Landlord organisations say the Chancellor did nothing to boost the supply of rental properties and warn tax hikes are crippling the sector.
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