Tag Result: Stamp Duty

Top 10 most read mortgage broker stories this week – 06/05/2022
This weeks news has been dominated by the Bank of England upping the base rate to one per ...

NRLA calls on government to scrap stamp duty for additional properties
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has called on the government to ditc...

Better tech and more staff needed to improve conveyancing times – poll result
Conveyancing timeframes were hit hard by the stamp duty rush last year, causing a heavy ba...

Millions of homes pushed into higher stamp duty bracket
More than four million homes in the UK have been pushed into higher stamp duty brackets ov...

Call for stamp duty reform as receipts reach fresh high
The amount paid in stamp duty over the last year has hit a record high of £18.6bn.

Stamp duty rush led to surge in 35+ year mortgage terms – Quilter
The stamp duty holiday rushes last year were followed by rises in the sale of mortgages wi...

Chancellor should focus on green agenda, cost of living and cladding in Spring statement, brokers say
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, should prioritise the green agenda with new ...

Transactions above pre-pandemic levels despite Feb drop ‒ HMRC
While the number of residential transactions taking place in February was down on the prev...

Scrap stamp duty for BTL to boost rental stock ‒ NRLA
Scrapping stamp duty on homes purchased for buy to let would boost the number of new priva...

FTB numbers double but deposit and affordability concerns remain
First-time buyer numbers have grown by 98 per cent in 2021, but borrowers are still concer...