Tax

Trafford only northern hotspot in growing inheritance tax divide

Trafford is the only northern local authority emerging as a significant inheritance tax hotspot...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over...

Cardiff property leaders to convene for sector outlook event

Swansea Building Society is to host a senior industry panel in partnership with HCR...

CA warns SDLT shake-up risks delays and higher costs

The Conveyancing Association has criticised HMRC’s proposed changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT)...

Growing uncertainty leaves UK adults rethinking long-term finances

Rising economic and political uncertainty is prompting a significant number of UK adults to...

New breathing space loan for landlords under pressure

Somo has launched a new bridging product supporting landlord clients facing rising costs, regulatory...

First-time landlords and first-time buyers are still entering the market

Despite the upheaval, new entrants have not vanished. First-time landlords are still active and,...

Calmer housing market emerges, but tax drag still weighs on first-time buyers

A period of stabilisation is taking shape in the housing market as mortgage rates...

Scottish Budget puts £1m homes in the tax spotlight

Scotland’s latest Budget has confirmed the creation of additional upper council tax bands for...

Housing market steadies as November transactions rise on a seasonal basis

Residential transaction volumes edged higher in November, according to the latest provisional data from...

Rising inheritance tax receipts sharpen focus on later life planning

Inheritance tax receipts have climbed to £5.8 billion in the first eight months of...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a...

Bridging brokers cite government policy as main risk to mortgage market

Research among bridging professionals suggests political uncertainty outweighs concerns over rates, affordability and housing...

Rental supply rises year on year despite tax and regulatory pressures

Rental supply across England has increased by more than 15% over the past year,...
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COMMENT

Comment

Buy-to-let and the next generation of landlords

There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

The industry needs to support Shared Ownership

This week, I want to put the spotlight on Shared Ownership. It deserves to be treated as a genuinely viable route onto the ladder,...

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

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News

Sirius Finance formalises wealth management referral arrangement

Sirius Finance has entered into a referral partnership with JRM Wealth Management, enabling its...
Appointments

Paragon appoints Fulford to lead specialist buy-to-let lending

Paragon Bank has promoted Matt Fulford to head of specialist lending in its mortgages...
News

Council tax reform tops homeowners’ Budget priorities

More than a third of homeowners and prospective buyers want the government to review...
Conveyancing

My Legal Club adds three firms to conveyancing panel

My Legal Club has appointed three law firms to its conveyancing panel as it...

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