Anti-Money Laundering: HMRC webinar for agents to be held next week (EAT)
HMRC is staging its next anti-money laundering webinar for estate agents next Wednesday.
Conveyancers predict another buoyant year (LSG)
Conveyancers expect another buoyant year amid changes for the property sector, according to a market snapshot.
George Osborne facing legal challenge from furious landlords (PIE)
Chancellor George Osborne is facing a legal challenge after two private landlords launched a crowdfunding campaign on Boxing Day.
Clock already ticking for buy-to-let deals to escape Stamp Duty penalty (PIE)
The clock is already ticking for buy-to-let purchases to go through before the 3% Stamp Duty surcharge is implemented on April 1.
Couple lost everything to a devastating new property scam…
Newlyweds Sarah and Ritchie Tough knew the moment they stepped inside the three-bedroom house in a quiet street of an historic market town that this was where they wanted to […]
Stamp duty and buy to let tax changes – put your views to David Cameron (EAT)
Estate Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent buy to let tax changes put directly to Prime […]
Home movers who buy before they sell will be hit with Stamp Duty surcharge (PIE)
People who buy their next home before selling their first will have an 18-month window in which to reclaim a 3% Stamp Duty surcharge.
Only four weeks for industry to comment on 3% stamp duty surcharge (EAT)
There is just four weeks left for the official consultation period set by the government over its controversial proposal to levy a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the […]
Millions of pounds not repaid as Barnett tried to keep firm afloat (LF)
Southport law firm Barnetts was a business in “dire straits” and other solicitors “would feel ashamed” at the actions of its senior partner in trying to keep it afloat.
Stamp duty surcharge: row brewing over consultation timetable (EAT)
Controversy is growing over the government’s surprise consultation period for its proposal to levy a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on second homes from April 1st.
Use cybersecurity to your advantage (LSG)
In-house lawyers have an opportunity to show their mettle as organisations defend themselves.
Government launches consultation on second homes stamp duty surcharge (EAT)
The government chose Christmas Bank Holiday Monday to launch its formal consultation on the ‘additional properties’ stamp duty surcharge, first announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in November.