stamp duty
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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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Housing Market
AGENCY BOSS: Property tax ‘leaks’ distorting behaviour in market
Fine & Country MD says this week's feverish speculation following 'leaks' in national press quoting HM Treasury sources are doing damage.
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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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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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