Stamp duty holidays, business rates concerns and furlough extensions are among the big issues members of the West Midlands property community are hoping Chancellor Rishi Sunak will address in his Budget speech this week.
Media reports have already suggested that the current stamp duty holiday could be extended from March 31 to July.
Mr Sunak introduced the measure in 2020 to stimulate Britain's housing market which experienced a dip in activity during England's first national lockdown.
The idea was to incentivise potential home buyers by increasing the threshold at which stamp duty is charged on homes from £125,000 to £500,000.
Understandably, this features heavily among our experts.
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Ramona Hirschi, managing director of estate agency Belvoir in Stoke-on-Trent, welcomes the potential extension of the stamp duty holiday.
She said: "I hope to see a sensible solution to the issue, such as allowing all transactions currently 'sold subject to contract' to complete with the benefit of the holiday even beyond March 31.
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"That would reduce aborted transactions or fall-throughs for estate agencies, solicitors, mortgage brokers and other suppliers. Without this, there would be a massive loss of productivity and revenue across sectors.
"I would also like to see continued support to keep people in employment as that would keep the property market moving by enabling people to rent or buy houses.
"So far, the Government's various support packages to business and workers have been working to keep the housing market strong. We need to see more of that in the Budget."
Also backing an extension to the stamp duty holiday is Andy Foote, a director at Birmingham developer SevenCapital.
"This is welcome news for many buyers and investors who are waiting for completions on their property and welcome news for the market," he said.
"With the increased activity over recent months, prompted by a combination of the effects of lockdown and the stamp duty holiday, the industry has been under heightened pressure to hit the deadline with a significantly higher-than-expected number of completions to process:
"There's also the added pressure for buyers themselves, particularly where a chain is involved. The question is would a huge collapse in transactions occur without the extension?
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"It's certainly a risk that the 海角视频 needs to avoid and much of it may well come down to affordability."
Dean Reeves, managing director of estate agency OneAgency in Stoke-on-Trent, would like to see it extended even further.
He said: "This would be fantastic news for buyers who are already in the process of purchasing but are struggling to meet the deadline to complete.
"Given the length of time most transactions are currently taking, it's unlikely to entice new buyers into the market as it could be optimistic for buyers involved in chains to find a property and complete within three months.
"The ideal scenario would be for a holiday period for the whole of the year to encourage buyers who may be nervous to commit in these uncertain times, with a further review next year."
Sarwjit Sambhi, chief executive of Birmingham-based regeneration specialist St Modwen Properties, said: "If what we're hearing around the extension of both the stamp duty holiday and the furlough scheme is confirmed in the Budget, this will go some way to alleviating the anxiety the cliff edge has caused for homebuyers across the country.
"This extension will allow those already in the home-buying process some much-needed breathing space to complete and hopefully straighten out the conveyancing and administrative bottleneck that has developed.
"However, we can't just now ignore the wider issue of stamp duty being a regressive tax.
"It can play a big factor in both first-time buyers' and homeowners' decisions to move so evolving and potentially scrapping the tax should be next on the agenda."
Matt Nicol, the managing director of Worcestershire estate agency Nicol & Co, has welcomed the mooted plans to extend the stamp duty holiday but wishes the announcement could come sooner.
"We are delighted to hear this news as an extension will remove some of the pressure people are under to complete in five weeks," he said.
"If they had been able to make the announcement sooner, it may have meant that more people would have taken advantage of the opportunity. Estate agencies have lobbied hard to help their clients avoid disappointment and unexpected costs, with more than 139,000 signatures being gathered in a petition.
"It does mean some buyers and sellers who commit now could still get the benefit of the stamp duty holiday but that window of opportunity is fast closing.
"The shortage of new stock coming to the market in January and February, due to the third lockdown, has meant it remains a sellers' market out there."
Away from stamp duty, business rates for commercial premises continues to be a hot topic among industry professionals.
Mike Flecknoe is a partner in the business rates team at consultancy Cushman & Wakefield in Birmingham.
He said: "The Treasury has already announced a postponement to the autumn for the long-anticipated outcome of the fundamental review of business rates.
"Consequently, any business rates announcements in the Budget will likely be restricted to short-term support for ratepayers dealing with covid restrictions.
"An extension of the existing expanded retail discount from April 1 for businesses unable to trade within the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors until at least the end of June is a bare minimum requirement.
"It would be better still if the rates discount could be extended beyond June to provide ratepayers a period of rates-free trading.
"Existing support grants should also be extended for businesses forced to stay closed. Other sectors have had to continue paying full rates during lockdowns despite often not being able to occupy their properties. Although desirable, it is unlikely the Treasury will start supporting other sectors now."
Tina Batham is the joint managing director of interior design consultancy Office Principles which is revamping 148 and 154 Great Charles Street Queensway in Birmingham city centre.
She said this week's Budget was the Chancellor's opportunity to clarify the strategy around business rates and provide some reassurance.
"While I welcome some of the short-term measures introduced to support struggling commercial tenants, we really need to see greater relief at the top of the food chain," she said.
"If we continue with a situation where landlords are being told they cannot evict tenants but are still charged interest on loans, we're very much at an impasse.
"Relief for landlords will provide an incentive to pass on benefits to end users which would very much help us all."
Renowned Birmingham architect Glenn Howells is looking beyond fiscal matters to more pressing concerns on a global stage, notably climate change.
"As we emerge from this pandemic, the other bigger global crisis has not gone away, it has got closer," he said.
"Climate change is real and present, moving from uncomfortable to deadly. The Budget is likely to juggle two issues - keeping the economy from falling over while trying to plug the huge and deepening 海角视频 deficit.
"It is unlikely our Chancellor will dare to significantly raise badly needed taxes as this Government needs to regain the confidence of the nation. There is however another option if we can connect the two crises….following other progressive countries and developing an effective carbon tax?
"This would raise funds to help fill the covid deficit, create funding to really develop the climate tools we need and reduce carbon emissions by charging a fair tax on what are clearly overly cheap and harmful fuels.
"If, through a targeted carbon tax, 海角视频 companies paid the equivalent of electric KWh for gas this could generate over £20 billion a year."