Government launches new stamp duty consultation
Thoughts are being sought on tightening up the rules around mixed-use purchases and Multiple Dwellings Relief
Government rejects CGT & IHT reforms, for now
A proposed overhaul of the Capital Gains Tax regime has officially been shelved by the Treasury.
‘A cracking idea’: Gove backs proposals for hyper-local planning referendums
Housing secretary wants to ‘shamelessly rip off’ the concept of Street Votes, which would allow residents much more say over planning rules in their local area
Scotland to regulate short-let properties
New laws could mandate licenses for Airbnb hosts and holiday rentals in Scotland.
Cladding: Why do leaseholders have to pay at all, asks Housing Secretary Gove
“I’m still unhappy with the principle of leaseholders having to pay at all” for the cladding scandal, said Michael Gove yesterday. “My questions is why do they have to pay at all?”
Interest rates: why the era of cheap money is finally ending
John Whittaker explains why the future will be tougher thanks to higher interest rates, or higher inflation, or both…
Required Reading: The Autumn Budget 2021 for HNWIs & business owners
The Mishcon de Reya team talks us through the key policy changes and announcements for affluent folk and business sorts, as revealed in the details behind Rishi Sunak’s “relatively benign” Budget speech.
Budget 2021: Property industry reactions
“This Budget could be regarded as a reprieve for the housing industry,” says one commentator, while others bemoan an “underwhelming” speech…
Budget 2021: Sunak cuts Business Rates, but major house-builders face 4% cladding tax
Chancellor Sunak has promised to cut taxes, not raise them in the coming years. But the country’s biggest house-builders will have profits taxed 4% to help pay for the cladding scandal.
Charlie Ellingworth on the prospects for property in a changing economic climate
Over the last thirty odd years the general direction of property of all sorts has been up, but we could be heading into a different world that may not be so benign, writes Property Vision co-founder Charlie Ellingworth…
Heat & Buildings Strategy: The good, bad & ugly of the UK’s plan to replace gas boilers
The Government’s big plan to de-carbonise British homes in its push to Net Zero is “a comprehensive and groundbreaking strategy”, says sustainability lecturer Ran Boydell – but it has some major flaws…
Improving home energy efficiency is at the heart of Britain’s new ‘green industrial revolution’
The Government has finally published its Net Zero Strategy, along with an in-depth Heat & Building Strategy.