Thinktank Corroborates And Costs Boris Johnson’s SDLT Changes
A Conservative thinktank has backed Boris Johnson’s proposed stamp duty land tax (SDLT) cuts and claimed they could be cost neutral to the government. The report, published by the thinktank Onward, claims that the next Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, should help more than three quarters of a million home buyers by abolishing SDLT on all […]
Search Acumen Comments On HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for June
Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “We regularly measure the rate of property transactions and our findings are mirroring those of HM Revenue & Customs – the Brexit effect has finally taken hold of the housing sector with transaction levels falling in June. “Property owners are opting for a ‘wait and see’ approach before […]
SearchFlow wins Search Provider of the Year at Modern Law Conveyancing Awards
At this year’s Modern Law Conveyancing Awards, SearchFlow were crowned Search Provider of the Year 2019. The award is in recognition of a programme of transformation to ensure exceptional levels of customer service. The judges recognised that the transformation has been underpinned by the launch of a new online ordering platform, process re-engineering for improved […]
Poor Planning Policies, Centralisation Of Tax And Nimbyism Considered Catalysts Of Crisis
Jacob Rees-Mogg and the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) have suggested that reverting stamp duty land tax levels to those applied in 2010 will help people to move as opposed to acting as a clear barrier. The ‘Raising the Roof: How to solve the United Kingdom’s housing crisis’, authored by Jacob Rees-Mogg amongst others, considered […]
Experts Consider Legacy And Infrastructure Impact Of Major Sporting Events
Over the past two weeks tmgroup have been hosting a number of round table events in the hope of answering an integral question: how can we improve collaboration between key stakeholders in the new build process? Following the final event in Birmingham on Thursday July 18th, delegates may feel a little closer to reaching a […]