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Rightmove Calls for Stamp Duty Reform to Boost Housing Market
Rightmove has called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to implement stamp duty reform in the upcoming spring Budget, proposing measures aimed at revitalizing the housing market….
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Hunt lives up to ‘hard decisions’ prediction
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had forewarned that his Autumn Statement would include the results of some ‘hard decisions’ and he wasn’t wrong. Acting to shore up…
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Kwarteng Budget Puts Stamp Duty Centre Stage
Stamp duty cuts have been put at the centre of the Truss Government’s ‘new growth plan’ mini Budget. Presented to Parliament on Friday, this, said…
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Scrapping stamp duty penalty would make economic sense
Scrapping the stamp duty penalty on buying rental properties would actually make the Government more money, the National Residential Landlords Association has concluded. According to…
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House prices continue to surge upwards
House prices surged upwards by a further 2.1 per cent in August, putting the countrywide average cost of a house at £249,000, the Nationwide has…
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Stamp duty reminder
New rates of stamp duty apply from 1 July. They are higher than now, but still below pre-pandemic levels. A new stamp duty regime is…
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Beware holiday hitches
There may be a Stamp Duty holiday, but this is a tax that cannot be ignored, says Ella Pumford, content manager at St Modwen Homes….
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More than half of landlords consider quitting
A fifth of landlords have told a survey they are looking to leave the market, and a further third that they were unsure about continuing….
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New year dip for house prices
House prices went down by 0.3 per cent last month, Nationwide’s latest house price survey suggests. This has translated into a slowing of the annual…
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House prices rocked but pace of sales set to slow
House prices have continued to rocket upwards over the last few months, the latest findings from Halifax confirm. The mortgage lender put the average price…
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Race is on to beat stamp duty deadline
Falkirk, Scotland is the fastest moving property market in the UK, with properties taking an average of just 20 days from listing to ‘sold subject…
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Rental market buoyant except in London
Rents in London have fallen during the Coronavirus pandemic, property portal Zoopla has reported. However, London is the exception and rents risen in a buoyant…
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Housing market ‘less frantic’ completion pipeline flooded
Property transactions are currently taking just over 100 days from sales agreed to completion, ‘but the volume of business means this could increase in the…
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Call for stamp duty holiday extension
Calling for a six-month extension to the current stamp duty holiday, property industry leaders have warned there is insufficient capacity to deal with the surge…
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Conveyancing delays are threaten SDLT savings
Delays in local authority property searches are threatening property buyers’ eligibility for stamp duty tax breaks. Only last week the Treasury published a press release…