Business & People
Tax advisor fined over Stamp Duty avoidance advice
Cornerstone's David Hannah has been ordered to pay a total of £60,000 for "failing to properly assess and communicate" the risks of a Stamp Duty avoidance scheme in 2007.
Is this the end of the line for the ‘master’ suite?
Black Lives Matter movement prompts firms to move away from the terms ‘master bedroom’ and ‘master bathroom’ in favour of ‘main’ or ‘principal’
Soho House eyes move into the rental market
High-end group’s five-year strategy includes offering long-term accommodation to its members, according to boss Nick Jones
Frogmore swoops on Oxley’s Galliard stake
UK fund manager confirms the acquisition of an 18.77% share in London's biggest privately-owned resi developer, and interests in three major schemes.
BPF names new president
Argent’s David Partridge succeeds Helen Gordon at the helm of the trade body
Five in the running to become the next RIBA President
Simon Allford, Jude Barber, Nick Moss, Valeria Passetti, Sumita Singha are all hoping to be voted in as RIBA President Elect.
‘Almost 500’ agents sign up to OnTheMarket’s share giveaway
At the end of April - during the Covid-19 lockdown - the property portal started handing out shares in the business as welcome gifts with new listing contracts.
Charlie Willis & Rupert Collingwood on turbo-charging the American brokerage model for the UK market
PrimeResi meets the duo behind The London Broker - a collective of over 20 independent agents, including some high-profile PCL operators - to discuss their US-flavoured business model, the importance…
Work starts on a new code of practice for the whole residential agency sector
Baroness Hayter has been appointed to chair the new Code of Practice Steering Group, led by the RICS and TPO, that will follow through on recommendations made by Lord Best's Regulation of Property Agents…
Property investor-developers have reduced intended UK spend by £1.2bn, says the BPF
The British Property Federation has published a "Covid-19 recovery roadmap", suggesting that Stamp Duty be temporarily cut for institutional build-to-rent investors, and a reduction of VAT on residential…
Major housebuilder moves out of London as the pandemic has a ‘profound impact’ on the business
Redrow has "decided to scale-back [its] operations in London" to focus on regional projects. The Covid-19 pandemic has "shifted home movers' priorities", says the firm.
‘Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a year’
Ranked: The Conservative Party's biggest donors from the property sector