A swirl of speculation: Tom Bill cuts through the 'noise' of recent tax rumours
'I’d be surprised if there was anything to tax in PCL from the last decade as prices have fallen 20%,' notes Knight Frank's UK resi research chief.
Tom Bill is Head of UK Residential Research, producing reports that include Knight Frank’s flagship Prime Central London indices, the Super Prime London Insight and the London Residential Review. He has written detailed reports on London sub-markets and contributes to The Wealth Report and Global Cities report. Tom, a former Bloomberg and Reuters property journalist, is a regular media contributor on the London property market and has presented at events in Europe and the Middle East.
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