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Happy New Year and welcome to what’s looking like a busy - perhaps even hectic - 2024! I thought it worth running...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Extra tax and rising costs drove agency acquisitions last year and more are expected in 2024. Agency broker Atomic Consultancy has said...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...
16 December 2023
From: Features
As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...
18 November 2023
From: Features
Winkworth is calling for the Government to take immediate action to fix the property market. On the eve of the Tory party...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike, new analysis by...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertmark is calling for a 12 month exemption on additional Stamp Duty rates to boost rental property supply. The issue will be...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Figures just released by HM Revenue & Customs show the Treasury enjoying a bumper year for stamp duty, with record receipts...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features
A leading accountant is warning of a possible stamp duty change affecting residential property this year. HMRC is currently consulting on a...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector. In...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...
06 November 2021
From: Features
As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...
29 September 2021
From: Features
Lost in the noise of yesterday’s social care announcements, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has named October 27 as his next Budget Day...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features
The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Tax experts suggest the widely expected reform of Capital Gains Tax is unlikely to be announced in tomorrow’s Budget - at...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...
25 July 2020
From: Features
Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A taxation institute is urging the government to delay Capital Gains Tax changes relating to housing transactions until the virus crisis...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...
18 April 2020
From: Features
There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...
30 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...
03 August 2019
From: Features
Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...
01 June 2019
From: Features
One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
02 January 2019
From: Features
Transactions in prime central London have dropped nine per cent in the year to the end of August according to Knight...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...
15 August 2018
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One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The battered prime central London market is now suffering from the UK’s wider political volatility, the lack of stability of the...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A new report suggests Capital Gains Tax changes coming into effect next year are worrying a large majority of wealthy overseas...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News
House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
A forecast suggests HM Revenue & Customs will rake in no less than £8.8 billion in Capital Gains Tax in 2018...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News
A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...
16 December 2017
From: Features
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
Nicky Morgan, a former Cabinet minister and now chair of the highly respected Commons' Treasury Select Committee, is the most senior...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...
19 August 2017
From: Features
Record low stock numbers, political uncertainty and the aftermath of tax changes are the obstacles hindering the housing market, according to...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News
In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...
08 April 2017
From: Features
In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features
Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...
25 February 2017
From: Features
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion. But will 2017 be...
14 January 2017
From: Features
This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features
Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features
In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...
05 November 2016
From: Features
The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...
14 October 2016
From: Features
The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that tighter regulations will apply to lenders providing mortgages for buy to...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth in 20 UK cities dipped to 8.2% last month, according to the latest figures from Hometrack. The research...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News
The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features
The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...
05 August 2016
From: Features
With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...
15 July 2016
From: Features
Sales skills, and the ability to negotiate in particular, have always been a core ingredient for any estate agent – and...
03 June 2016
From: Features
A City investment consultancy says one leading private agency chain has slashed its fees to 0.5 per cent in order to...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News
There was a significant drop in interest in purchasing buy to let properties in March as the April 1 stamp duty surcharge...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Chris Coates What does it say on your business card? Chris Coates As a small team we don’t have a hang up...
16 February 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Estate Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News
In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...
25 January 2016
From: Features
The housing market will slow in the next three years as affordability problems and buy to let taxes combine to offset...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is reporting this morning that there has been a 6.6 per cent increase in the number ot homes with two...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Today is the last chance for Estate Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The director of two major agencies says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge and stock at an “historically low level” will force...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Reports suggest foreign buyers may be losing interest in directly owning property in London and are in some cases increasingly attracted...
19 November 2015
From: Breaking News
A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...
21 August 2015
From: Features
Credit rating service Moody’s is warning that restrictions on mortgage interest relief for buy-to-let landlords will slow house price growth in...