stamp duty
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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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Guest Blogs
BLOG: Chancellor’s Leeds Reforms won’t move the dial – here’s why
Finance chief casts a critical eye over the Chancellor's much-vaunted mortgage reforms and finds them wanting.
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Regulation & Law
‘Stamp Duty should be paid in instalments to help move market’
Estate agency boss makes comments as his firm launches a parliamentary petition, saying levy is significant barrier for many buyers.
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Housing Market
HMRC’s Stamp Duty take rises by 25% this year
Homebuyers are ‘handing over eye-watering sums’ in Stamp Duty, according to big mortgage lender.
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Latest property news
Estate agency reports astonishing sales market ‘rebound’ since 1st April
Hamptons says that falling mortgage rates have helped arm many movers and even first time buyers with more confidence to commit, despite Stamp Duty increases.
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Housing Market
Post Stamp Duty hangover? Buyer demand drops as property prices dip
The latest property market survey from RICS shows demand from homebuyers in March was the weakest in 18 months.
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Housing Market
ANALYSIS: UK has world’s highest property taxes
The high cost of Stamp Duty, Council Tax and Business Rates mean the UK pays the highest proportion of its GDP on property tax in the G7.
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Housing Market
Industry warned ‘brace yourselves for complaints after Stamp Duty deadline’
Ombudsman says solicitors should get ready for lots of unhappy customers facing higher Stamp Duty bills after 1st April cut-off.
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Housing Market
83% of buyers will pay more Stamp Duty from 1st April
Zoopla’s figures show a huge rise in the number of people paying Stamp Duty after the April rise.
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Housing Market
FTB Stamp Duty rush to buy ‘now coming to an end’
There are just three months left to complete purchases before the Stamp Duty rises and so the spike in first-time buyer activity has already passed its peak.
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