The Chancellor has been urged to scrap Stamp Duty Land Tax in the forthcoming Budget. Separately, a tax specialist has called for an end to landlord bashing. The Adam Smith Institute says that axing Stamp Duty would help solve the More details >

The tenant fees ban is unlikely to be in place by next April due to the legislative process, a Government official has indicated. Speaking at yesterday’s  National Approved Lettings Scheme (NALS) London conference, Rebecca Perks, the policy lead for lettings More details >

The housing market has built up “modest momentum” this year but to different types of borrower, mortgage lenders claim. Figures from trade body UK Finance show there were 41,584 house purchase approvals in September, stronger than the monthly average of More details >