Government to call for evidence on making the house buying process “more consumer friendly”
As part of George Osborne’s budget announcements, the UK Government has said it intends to ask for evidence on how to make the house buying process better value for money. Citing as yet unpublished guidance from he Department for Business, Skills and Innovation, the detailed budget announcement read: “Consumers spend £270 million each year on […]
Industry reacts to George Osborne’s Eighth budget.
Chancellor George Osborne’s 2016/17 announced downwardly revised growth figures for the UK economy as well as announcing he had missed his targets for deficit reduction as a proportion of GDP. The Chancellor also announced a raft of measures aimed at helping small businesses, safeguarding homes hit by the winter’s floods from more damage and detail […]
Budget 2016: What’s in it for conveyancers?
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his eighth budget today with several measures cutting taxes for businesses, tweaks to the previous residential stamp duty reforms and wholesale reforms for commercial stamp duty. Corporation tax will be reduced to 17% by April 2020, and the Treasury has confirmed that movers who buy a home before selling will have […]