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Budget 2020: Non-UK residents to face 2% SDLT surcharge from April 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed a new property levy for foreign buyers, alongside a huge infrastructure spending plan and a suite of measures to ease the impact of the Coronavirus epidemic.
Reactions: On the BoE’s emergency interest rate cut
Industry insiders share their thoughts on the Bank of England's decision to cut the base interest rate by 0.5%, taking it back down to a mere 0.
BoE cuts interest rates in response to ‘the economic shock from Covid-19’
The Bank of England has cut the base interest rate by 0.5%, taking it back down to a mere 0.25%, as part of a package of emergency measures to cope with the economic effects of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Guy Gittins: A Budget 2020 Wish List
The Chestertons boss sets out the key points he'd like to see addressed in Chancellor Sunak's first big fiscal statement
Bloomberg: Crooked banker tapped professionals to manage web of dirty money
Investigation shines a spotlight on the 'enablers' involved in overseeing the luxury assets of Azerbaijan’s Jahangir Hajiyev - reportedly including a set of super-prime mansions on the prestigious St…
Chancellor set to confirm stamp duty surcharge for overseas buyers
Much-discussed measure will be announced in Rishi Sunak's first Budget, according to reports; additional rate expected to come in below 3%
Khan kicks off Mayoral re-election campaign, pledging rent controls for London
Incumbent London Mayor Sadiq Khan has put rent controls "front and centre" of his re-election campaign.
Questions asked over developer’s payments to former Homes England chief
Malaysian developer EcoWorld reportedly paid Sir Edward Lister £480k when he was in charge of the government's 'housing accelerator'
Radical stamp duty reform would pay for itself, says think tank
The Centre for Policy Studies reiterates the case for a wholesale rethink of stamp duty ahead of next month's Budget;
Mandatory New Homes Ombudsman to police ‘rogue’ developers
All housebuilders will need to sign-up to Robert Jenrick's New Homes Ombudsman scheme.
The Times: Wealthy Tories are not as averse to a mansion tax as some may think
Wealthy residents of three Tory constituencies are already choosing to pay a mansion tax in all but name, argues the Times' economics editor Philip Aldrick...
Mansion tax plans ‘shelved’ after backlash
Plans to unveil a new tax on high-end properties in next month's Budget have reportedly been shelved, just a week after rumours first surfaced.