How can the UK hope to win a war against France? By taxing people’s property transactions; at least, that is what William of ...

The latest figures from the HMRC show a marked fall in housing transactions. The provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in April 2023 is 67,220, 32% ...

Homebuying in the UK slowed in April after the end of the stamp duty holiday, despite an uptick in the number of properties available. The number of UK residential transactions in April 2025 was ...

The number of residential property transactions in November rose significantly year-on-year, according to HMRC figures — although the number of sales was down on the previous month. In total there ...

There’s no denying the profitability of investing in property when done properly, and many have chosen it over investing in stocks. One look at the GameStop drama, and most ordinary people would be ...

With the looming return of higher Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) thresholds in April 2025, property transactions across the Black Country have surged, putting intense pressure on buyers, sellers and legal ...

The number of UK residential property transactions increased nearly a third year-on-year in July as buyers tried to outpace mortgage rate rises, official figures show. On a non-seasonally adjusted ...

Buying a house is a time-consuming business and recent data from housebuying and selling experts One Dome has revealed that this is particularly the case if you’re buying in London. Across the UK as a ...

A new tax which changes the way people pay duty on house purchases has come into effect in Scotland. The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) replaces UK stamp duty under new devolved powers ...