Required Reading: Coronavirus & property taxes
Some pretty significant changes have been happening to the property tax regime of late, and with transaction timescales now all over the place, Fiona Poole & Dominic Condé-Cole condense the issues and considerations to bear in mind around Residence, SDLT, ATED & CGT...
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Required Reading: Understanding the upcoming changes to Private Residence Relief
The government is planning some major changes to a long-standing tax break next year, which could deter (even more) people from moving - and have big implications for certain landlords.
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Required Reading: New official guidance for home-movers & property agents during the Coronavirus outbreak
The housing market has been re-opened after the Covid-19 lockdown, but it is "not a return to normality" for home movers or for the property industry.
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Significant leasehold reform proposals promise ‘to transform the future of home ownership in England & Wales’
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Ben Madden's West London team has taken on the estate agency brand's licence for the affluent area.
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