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Estate agents not swayed by referral fees, survey suggests
Referral payments made by solicitors are ‘the least important consideration’ for estate agents when deciding which law firm to recommend, research has suggested
Read moreHMRC to crack down on stamp duty land tax avoidance
HMRC is to extend the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) to stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on residential property with a value of at least £1 million
Read moreFewer adults want to own their own home
More than one in four adults in some British cities no longer have any desire to own their own home, new figures by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) reveal.
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