Tax

Budget uncertainty stalls plans for almost a fifth of home-movers

Speculation over property tax reforms in the upcoming Autumn Budget is prompting thousands of...

London buyers pay almost £25bn in stamp duty in a decade

London homebuyers have paid nearly £25bn in stamp duty over the past 10 years...

Clients seek reassurance amid Budget uncertainty

Consumers are placing growing value on financial advice as speculation ahead of the Budget...

Developers lose confidence as Budget uncertainty stalls housing starts

Growing uncertainty ahead of the Autumn Budget has triggered a marked drop in confidence...

House prices slide as wealthy buyers brace for Budget tax raid

House prices have recorded their sharpest November fall in more than a decade as...

Budget via the rumour mill creates no bread for anyone

We are now less than a month away from the Autumn Budget, and yet...

Brokers back innovation and urge Chancellor to cut stamp duty

Mortgage brokers have thrown their weight behind industry efforts to modernise the homebuying process...

Brokers warn of landlord exodus amid property tax reforms and Renters’ Rights Act

Mortgage brokers have issued a stark warning that the government’s latest interventions in the...

NI exemption could spark ‘silver surge’ in buy-to-let investment

Older landlords could soon become the unexpected winners of forthcoming tax changes, as proposals...

Advisers report surge in client anxiety ahead of Budget

Financial advisers are reporting a sharp rise in client anxiety amid widespread speculation over...

Public alarm sounds over Capital Gains Tax reform

A proposed reform that would apply Capital Gains Tax (CGT) to main residences has...
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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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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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