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A landlord has lost a £28,000 tax case over undeclared income for income tax and penalties owing to ‘insufficient information’. Finola Owens appealed discovery assessments made under section 29 Taxes Management Act 1970 (TMA 1970) for £24,423.16 in unpaid tax…

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, last week launched the fifth iteration of the BASPI – Buyer’s and Seller’s Property Information form. The BASPI, developed by the upfront…

Jamie Bradshaw Savills announces key appointments across Cheshire offices Savills has announced two promotions across its Cheshire offices. Jamie Bradshaw has become an associate in the Chester-based residential sales team, while Knutsford-based Ellis McQueen has been promoted to an associate…

The latest monthly figures from HMRC show that, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the number of UK residential transactions in February 2024 was 82,940, 1% higher than January 2024 but still 6% lower than February 2023. Small month-on-month changes carry…

Paul Atkins Paul Atkins, Partner and Head of Property Tax at haysmacintyre analyses the need for changes in house-building delivery. There have been plenty of housebuilding targets announced by both the Conservative and Labour Party in recent years. In fact,…

April Fools’ Day falling on Easter Monday this year rather dampened most agents’ efforts at pulling the wool over peoples’ eyes, but not so in the case of Purplebricks. Splashed all over ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) were an…

A letter to Conservative MPs from communities minister, Jacob Young, was leaked last Wednesday and led to accusations over the Easter weekend that the government is significantly watering down some of the main provisions of its proposed Renters’ Reform Bill.…

A very happy Easter break to all our readers – although we know a lot of you will be working and of course it is an important time of year for agents. EYE is taking the long…

Short-term fixed-rate mortgages have become more popular in recent weeks, as key indicators suggest that the Bank of England will cut interest rates sooner rather than later. The Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey fuelled hopes of a cut within the…

More than four out of five tenants remain unaware of the Renters (Reform) Bill and its contents, according to new research. The data comes from a representative survey of over 2,000 private renters conducted by the TDS Charitable Foundation, which…