Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 – only 18 days from now – if they want to be sure of completing to benefit from the extended stamp duty holiday. Rightmove says that currently the average time for a seller to find a buyer… Read More »Stamp Duty deadline – here’s the last date to market a property in time
Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty holiday extension.” Thangam Debbonaire, the party’s Shadow Housing Secretary, says: “The Conservatives have shown once again they have the wrong priorities, giving tax breaks to landlords and second homeowners while… Read More »Labour attacks stamp duty break as “a half billion pounds giveaway”
Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for most measures. Agents almost without exception have backed the two-phased extension to the stamp duty holiday and also the mortgage guarantee scheme under which buyers of properties up to £600,000… Read More »Stamp Duty: new cliff edge or cause for delight?
