Finance

Half (48%) of current home-buyers are worried they’ll miss the 31st March Stamp Duty holiday deadline, according to a survey by HNW mortgage broker Enness.

Gage Properties has secured a £15m loan for the acquisition and development of a nine-house scheme in Buckinghamshire, each with its own private boat mooring on the River Thames.

Investor appetite for luxury property plays "increased significantly" last year, reports CapitalRise.

London-based broker picks up Mortgages Online as part of national growth drive.

More house purchase mortgages were approved in November than in any month since August 2007, according to the latest count from the Bank of England.

The Resolution Foundation is calling for "the biggest reforms to wealth taxation in a generation"

Sadiq Khan has suggested a one-off 10% tax on major housebuilders' profits over the last ten years, to fund Grenfell-induced building safety improvements.

The Welsh Government has increased Land Transaction Tax rates for additional homes, effective from today.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will outline another round of fiscal policies before the scheduled end of the Stamp Duty holiday.

"The Government does not plan to extend this relief" beyond 31st March, says an official statement in response to a popular online petition.

"A one-off wealth tax would work, raise significant revenue, and be fairer and more efficient than the alternatives," suggests an in-depth report from The Wealth Commission.

High net worth mortgage broker Enness has opened its sixth international office, in Geneva.