Policy

As expected, Chancellor Sunak has extended the Stamp Duty holiday for a few months, taking a sensible (albeit steep) tapered approach to avoid the hard cut-off that's caused so much angst over the last…

The capital's new "Spatial Development Strategy" - better known as the The London Plan 2021 - has finally come into force, after protracted exchanges between City Hall and Whitehall.

We asked a selection of prime residential property insiders what they would do if they were installed as Chancellor of the Exchequer this week, and given a politically-free hand to make changes to England's…

For the property market, like the rest of the economy, Wednesday's Budget will be focussed on getting the economy down the home straight of the pandemic rather than what happens on the other side, writes…

The Government is planning to publish a batch of consultations on tax reform on 23rd March, a few weeks after Rishi Sunak's main Budget speech on Wednesday.

Higher build costs to adhere to the government’s stricter energy requirements are already being factored into land bids, writes Lydia Mclaren...

Reports claim the Chancellor is planning a boost for the property market in his upcoming Budget.

Council to trial the use of Empty Dwellings Management Orders and forceable sales in ‘severe circumstances’.

HM Treasury "misjudged" the property market when it introduced the Stamp Duty holiday last year, writes Michael Ball, Professor of Urban and Property Economics at the University of Reading's Henley Business…

The Telegraph has reported an unnamed Treasury source as saying that the Chancellor is considering a short extension to the Stamp Duty holiday.

Robert Jenrick has announced that residential property developers will face two new levies, starting in 2022, to pay for some essential fire safety works on high rise buildings, following 2017's Grenfell…

"Replacing council tax and stamp duty with a proportional property tax is the right thing to do for millions of people up and down the country," argues John Stevenson MP.