All Budget articles – Page 4
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InsightHow 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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InsightBudget 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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InsightRemoving 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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NewsBudget is mixed bag for property industry
Stamp duty cut welcomed but capital gains tax reform could ‘jeapordise’ investment.
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NewsShock 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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OnlineBudget 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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OnlineFTSE 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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OnlineLondon 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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InsightStamp 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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InsightA 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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InsightHarnessing 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 ...
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OnlineSpring Budget: Property reacts to 'pathetic' business rates changes
Property experts have slammed chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget for failing to help companies facing huge business rates hikes.
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OnlineSpring Budget: Hammond fails to provide detail on business rates reforms
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced future reforms to the business rates revaluation system – but failed to provide substantial relief for companies facing rate hikes this year.
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OnlineSpring budget: fixing the 'broken' housing market
Sajid Javid has described the housing market as “broken”. Broken from decades of a planning system destroying the supply-side of the supply/demand balance, pushing up prices so that many first time buyers are middle-aged.
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OnlineSpring budget: stamp duty, greenfield and business rates top the agenda
The treasury has many issues to tackle in the Spring budget, not least housing, planning, infrastructure and commercial property.
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OnlineSpring Budget: chancellor must act to remove tax barriers
Backed by stronger-than-expected tax receipts, the chancellor has an opportunity to support property developers and investors by removing tax barriers that are blocking development and putting tenants at risk.
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