All Budget articles – Page 3
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InsightSDLT changes risk overcomplicating tax system
It has been widely trailed that we are likely to see Stamp Duty Land Tax changes in the forthcoming Budget.
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Professional
Laying the golden brick: when will a modular construction project benefit from zero-rate VAT?
Modular construction is one of the most significant advancements in housebuilding in recent years. In the 2017 Autumn Budget, the chancellor announced that the government would aim to prioritise modern methods of construction over traditional housebuilding by 2019.
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News
Hammond urged to help retail in Budget
Reform of business rates and tax on online retailers top property’s wish list.
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Insight
Chancellor chooses cheap crowd-pleasers over vital planning system reform
The standard definition of an economist is a man who knows 50 ways to make love but has never met a woman.
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Insight
Budget is just part of the solution to the housing crisis
The chancellor’s Budget last week focused heavily on housing, with a cut in stamp duty for first-time buyers being a helpful boost for those already possessing the means and will to step on to the housing ladder.
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Insight
Budget doesn’t go far enough on business rates
In these current, uncertain economic times, there was very little scope for handouts in the Chancellor’s latest Autumn Budget.
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Insight
Victory is Property Week’s… sort of
It is a while since I can recall so many responses to a Budget landing in my inbox.
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News
Government to consult on permitted development right for demolition
The government plans to consult on the extension of permitted development rights to include the demolition of offices and other commercial buildings to be replaced with residential.
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Professional
Budget 2017: more than meets the eye on business rates
On the surface, Budget 2017 looked like the Chancellor was finally addressing some key issues facing businesses concerning their business rates hardships.
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Insight
How the government aims to hit its 300,000-home target
Budget 2017: abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers up to £300,000 is the highlight for housing sector
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Insight
Budget verdict: builders battered
I don’t always hold to the efficient markets theory, but the markets very quickly gave their unambiguous verdict when the chancellor stopped talking: housebuilders down and estate agents and bricks manufacturers up.
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Insight
Removing stamp duty not enough
Abolishing stamp duty for first-time buyers is a step in the right direction but does not go far enough – first-time buyers still need to save deposits of £33,000 UK wide, and more than £100,000 in London, according to Halifax.
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News
Budget is mixed bag for property industry
Stamp duty cut welcomed but capital gains tax reform could ‘jeapordise’ investment.
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News
Shock removal of CGT relief for foreign investors
The government plans to remove the capital gains tax exemption for foreign investors disposing of UK commercial properties from April 2019.
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Online
Budget 2017: Hammond abolishes stamp duty for first-time buyers - property reacts
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that stamp duty for first-time buyers will be abolished up to £300,000 in the leading housing measure of today’s Budget.
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Online
FTSE rises, but public deficit increases ahead of Budget
Shares closed higher on Tuesday after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released data showing an unexpected increase in UK net borrowing ahead of the Budget.
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Online
London Assembly members call for chancellor to support modular
A cross-party group of London Assembly members have urged Philip Hammond to support offsite manufacturing of new homes ahead of this week’s Budget.
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Insight
Stamp duty in the spotlight ahead of next week’s Budget
As he faces renewed calls to rethink stamp duty in the final run-up to the Budget, chancellor Philip Hammond is said to be considering a range of options for the unpopular tax, including scrapping it entirely for first-time buyers.
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Insight
A make-or-break Budget for the Tories
This Budget really is make or break for the current Conservative government. What seems like an endless series of gaffes and mishaps has left it clinging to the rafters - with the small matter of Brexit still to deal with.
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Insight
Harnessing the spend of the baby boomer generation
Groundhog Day – sorry, the Budget – is upon us again. Far from freeing up the green belt, turning up borrowing for social housing or seed-funding modular factories, we’re likely to see more pointless demand-side levers or the training of more brickies (a bit like shuffling the deckchairs on the ...
