Policy
MPs to debate Stamp Duty holiday extension on 1st Feb
Parliament will debate the possibility of a six-month extension to the Stamp Duty holiday after all, prompted by an online petition that has attracted over 125,000 signatures.
‘A proportional property tax would be a disaster’, warns Tory MP
"A proportional property tax would be a disaster" declares Anthony Browne - MP for South Cambridgeshire, a member of the Treasury Select Committee, and a former Europe correspondent at the Times and environment…
Rees-Mogg thwarts Stamp Duty holiday extension debate
Westminster Hall debates have been suspended by Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg "until further notice".
SDLT deadline is ‘damaging Londoners’ health & wellbeing’, warns Dexters
‘It can't be right to have house movers and their removals vans queuing up in March trying to beat the deadline in the pandemic lockdown’, says CEO Andy Shepherd, as the the agency puts forward a ‘practical…
‘No radical change to property taxes’ expected in the March Budget
But major property tax reforms are on the cards longer-term...
MPs to consider SDLT holiday extension
Mixed messages from Whitehall on an extension to the Stamp Duty holiday, as a popular petition forces a debate in the House of Commons.
Planning clampdown stamps out PCL’s mega-basement boom
New figures show a massive decline in basement-related applications across RBKC & Westminster since the introduction of stringent rules designed to prevent over-development.
Rokstone boss: To shut the housing market jeopardises jobs, personal finances and the economy all in one go
The government may be "absolutely determined" to keep the housing market open, but pressure is mounting from various quarters - including the science one - to pull the shutters down again as Covid continues…
Major players back call for Unique Property Reference Numbers
Over 50 influential property industry organisations - including Savills, Knight Frank, Countrywide and Foxtons - are calling for the introduction of Unique Property Reference Numbers.
Government ‘absolutely determined’ to keep the housing market open, but threat of closure mounts
Senior ministers have not ruled out a temporary shuttering of the property market to quell the spread of Covid-19.
Labour leader warns property viewings may have to stop
Keir Starmer has suggested that the property market may need to be put on ice again to quell the spread of Covid-19.
Leasehold law changes: How will the property market react?
Last week, the government proposed a major reform of leasehold laws, with new rules possibly arriving within two years.