Housing Kick Start Housing was the central theme of Andy Burnham’s speech and Angela Rayner’s policy announcements surrounding this year’s Labour Party Conference. With a clear fo ...

Phillips Law welcomes Government Reforms to end gazumping as house offers to be made legally binding in UK  Phillips Law welcomes the government proposed reforms for the home buying and ...

The Renters’ Rights Act is set to fundamentally reshape the private rental sector. These reforms introduce strict new rules on property management and tenant interaction, making it vita ...

Great news, you have found a property to purchase and are excited to get cracking and move in! However, the process seems a little daunting and there is rather a lot of information to t ...

On 5 September 2022, the land registration provisions introduced by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Act”) came into force. The Act requires overseas ent ...

On Friday 23rd September the Chancellor announced some changes to the stamp duty thresholds in the mini budget. The threshold for payment of stamp duty has been raised to £250,000 which ...

To the relief of many home buyers, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak extended the Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday by three months. He made the announcement in his Budget on 3rd March, when he told ...

On Monday MPs discussed extending the Stamp Duty Land Tax Holiday after the UK government’s website secured enough signatures for it to be debated in Parliament. The petition, called Ex ...