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Average price for a home drops by 0.1% to £271,079 in August compared with July, according to NationwideBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices unexpectedly fell in August as high mortgage costs dampened activity.The average price for a home drop…
Oxfordshire manor once planned as hub for global technologists and philosophers now offered at £5.95mWytham Abbey, a 15th-century grade I-listed manor that was once planned as a hub for technologists and philosophers to solve some of the world’s toughe…
Proposals for autumn budget would mean expanding national insurance to include rental incomeProperty tax threat ‘is slowing down housing market’The Treasury is reportedly considering a tax on landlords that will target income from rents in the autumn b…
Talk of the chancellor looking at a new levy on expensive homes or removing CGT exemption is making buyers warySpeculation that the chancellor could announce new property taxes in her autumn budget is likely to slow down an already price-sensitive hous…
Chancellor and prime minister are latest in a long line of politicians who have tried to squeeze more out of UK property Rachel Reeves is in favour of radical tax reform – or at least she was in 2018. “We need a radical overhaul of the tax system becau…
Reported plans could raise up to £40bn while preserving pledge not to raise income tax, VAT or national insuranceUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves is considering plans for a tax on expensive homes in an effort to raise billions of pounds a…
Exclusive: Treasury examines options including tax on homes sold for more than £500,000 as well as overhaul of council taxBusiness live – latest updatesThe Treasury is considering a new tax on the sale of homes worth more than £500,000 as a step toward…
NFU welcomes fresh evidence from tax researchers that planned changes may not target wealthiest landownersThe National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for a meeting with Rachel Reeves to discuss changes to Labour’s inheritance tax reforms, after fresh …
Monthly report from surveyors’ body sees ‘firmly negative trend’ that is expected to push up rental pricesThe flow of new rental properties coming on to the market has fallen at the fastest rate since the first Covid lockdown five years ago, according …
Some higher-earning couples with smaller deposits could borrow extra £130,000 as a result of overnight changesSome couples applying for a Santander mortgage will see the maximum they can borrow increase by £130,000 overnight after the bank loosened its…