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Before the lockdown announcement was made, the number of transactions completed was returning to pre-Covid levels. That is according to Nicky Stevenson,...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

When you're disposing of a property, you’ll have to take certain things into consideration, from choosing an estate agent to sell...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...
30 October 2020
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance

A leading property market commentator suggests that an urgent review of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and Land and Buildings Transaction...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Now is not the time for property investors to be making costly mistakes when it comes to stamp duty returns, according...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Patrick Cannon, one of the UK’s leading tax barristers, explains why some property investors may be overpaying stamp duty charges. Buying a...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is causing such destruction and disruption to all our lives, new tax legislation is still...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Birmingham Report, released a few weeks ago by global property consultancy Knight Frank, revealed that the Midlands’ residential development market...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The short-let rental market is booming, despite controversy and opposition around the world. In recent months, we have covered both the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices in England and Wales are set to end the year 4.1% higher than at the end of 2018, reallymoving’s...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The South was mostly to blame for the slump in UK property market sales following the aborted March Brexit deadline, new...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

On Wednesday, it was announced by the government that it is launching a review of the high-speed rail link HS2, which...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A Brexit-inspired holiday letting boom is expected to hit the South West this year, according to local holiday letting agency Bournecoast. The...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit uncertainty could lead to more Britons holidaying in the UK, strengthening demand for holiday let rental homes. That is according to...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

HMRC’s ‘Let Property Campaign’ has led to disclosures from less than 3% of eligible landlords, new data acquired by accountancy firm...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost a third (29%) of UK landlords are still yet to submit their self-assessment before the January 31 deadline, putting them...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit uncertainty is continuing to drive foreign investment in the UK, research by CashbackRemortgages.co.uk has claimed. A third of multi-million pound homes...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest HMRC receipt shows £5.5 billion was taken in capital gains tax (CGT) in January, while the taxman is set...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Recently named as the most rapidly improving locations in the UK – investment in the UK’s second city shows no sign...
08 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Research carried out by PwC and thinktank Urban Land Institute has revealed that Birmingham remains a UK property investment hotspot, ranking...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The delay to the implementation of HMRC’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ system announced in July was warmly welcomed by buy-to-let landlords. A plan...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There were 104,760 residential property transactions in the UK in July, up 1.3% from June and 8.3% higher than the corresponding...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A property investor has been jailed for failing to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of his rental properties. Richard Fuller,...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Residential property transactions in May dropped by 3.3% on the previous month, following two successive months of growth, in what could...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp increase in the number of commercial property acquisition by investors despite the ongoing political and economic...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Property transactions fell in April this year, down 3.2% on March’s total, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Sales of homes at the top end of the housing market have collapsed over the past 12 months or so, especially...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A man described as a ‘fraudster on a grand scale’ has been jailed for more than three and a half years...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The bridging sector in the UK has witnessed five-fold growth in lending since 2011, as property professionals have increasingly considered bridging...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK housing market remains remarkably solid, as reflected by the 4.9% increase in the volume of residential property transactions between...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Private property investors, including buy-to-let landlords, who missed their self-assessment tax return payment last week and do not have a valid...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Home sales in the UK increased in December compared with the previous month, but were significantly lower than 12 months earlier,...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News

With just over two weeks remaining until the January 31 Self Assessment deadline, buy-to-let investors are being reminded that there are tax tutorials...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again. Filing an annual tax return is a necessary task for every self-employed person, including property...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of residential property transactions increased by 1% in October compared with the previous month, according to the last HMRC...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News

You may have to pay capital gains tax if you make a profit when you sell property that is not your...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Cardiff office market has recorded its best ever third quarter on record, with take up levels reaching 183,992 sq ft,...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Around a third of Britain’s richest people, which includes many property investors, are under tax investigation by HMRC over almost £2bn...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of home sales fell sharply in the year to September, the latest figures from the tax office show. According to...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of residential property transactions decreased slightly between July and August according to newly released data from HMRC, with last...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A self-employed property investor and caterer from Bermondsey, who confessed to stealing more than £70,000 in a tax credit fraud, has...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Activity levels in the UK’s commercial property market have slowed considerably following the UK vote to leave the European Union, as...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of residential property transactions fell by 0.9% between June and July, according to newly released figures from HM Revenue...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of residential property transactions in the UK increased by 4.9% between May and June, according to new data from...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property sales in the UK increased by 1.5% in May compared with April but the month’s seasonally adjusted figure is...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Activity in the UK housing market is slowing, as reflected by a fall in the annual rate of property price growth,...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a sharp increase in the number of property transactions between February and March 2016 as property investors rushed to...