Tag: Property tax

Budget 2025: Hopes, Fears and Expectations

Posted on by Rosalind Sack

Amid mounting speculation on potential property tax rises, Head of The Buying Solution Will Watson spoke to PrimeResi about his hopes, fears and expectations ahead of the Budget announcement on 26th November 2025.

People in street outside Houses of Parliament. Westminster, London, UK.

With all manner of potential property tax rises rumoured in recent months – including a so-called ‘mansion tax’ on homes worth more than £2 million, capital gains tax on primary residences and replacing stamp duty with an annual levy – there has been much uncertainty in the market.

Will was one of 50 industry leaders, including estate agency owners, sales brokers, luxury developers and financiers, to share his views on the upcoming Budget in PrimeResi and why he believes that modernising council tax would be the most practical reform.

Read the article here.

Is the Government Destroying the Housing Market?

Posted on by Rosalind Sack

With endless ‘kite-flying’ speculation concerning rising property taxes ahead of the Autumn Budget, some are suggesting that the government have already done more harm than good. Head of the Buying Solution, Will Watson, speaks to The Times and our Partner in the Northern Home Counties, Jemma Scott, speaks to The Telegraph about the impact they are witnessing on the ground

Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, London.

Unnerved by the prevailing uncertainty, some nervous owners of best-in-class properties are already considering selling ahead of the Budget on 26th November, Will Watson tells David Byers at The Times. “Particularly those who’ve held their properties for over 20 years and seen significant price growth,” adds Will. Read the article here.

Speaking to Maya Wilson Autzen at The Telegraph, Jemma Scott says that despite carrying more stock than she has had in recent memory, the market is heading towards stasis, thanks to the curveballs being thrown by the government ahead of the Budget. Read the article here.