Main image: Whilst the property market has led by example throughout the pandemic and afterwards, it will not be immune from interest rate rises and inflation’
Carrington on Q3: Punishing rates of SDLT continue to undermine the London market
'Much of what happened in the immediate aftermath of the referendum now appears to have been a knee-jerk reaction'
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Carrington on Q2: ‘There are better ways to deflate a bubble’
'The market is adjusting as it always does, but HM Treasury will bear some of the pain this time as they forgot that the London residential market is part of the economy, not a cash cow needing to be milked'…
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Luxury brokerage extends recruitment drive across prime postcodes with brace of sales appointments.
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Agents flag renewed appetite for bulk resi acquisitions from overseas investors as prime London rents climb.
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Middleton Advisors' London sales boss explores the changing fortunes of one of the capital’s most famous enclaves - and where today’s moneyed purchasers have been turning their attention.
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South African designer kicks off series of interiors collaborations at new high-rise addition to London’s luxury branded resi scene.
‘First hard evidence’ emerges of £2mn mansion tax effect on property prices
Fresh data confirms that transactions are 'bunching' below the incoming High Value Council Tax Surcharge threshold.
UAE developer lodges plans for 47-acre East London mega-scheme
Arada's team has drawn up a 'landscape-led masterplan' for the big Thameside West regen site.
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Plumbing tycoon instructs Mayfair-based firm to find a buyer for his spectacular Thameside pad after upping sticks to Spain.
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