Finance

The Treasury is launching a new campaign to chase up landlords - including those with holiday lets - who don't pay every penny of tax due on rents they receive. HMRC estimates that up to 1.

After five years of hand-wringing, head-scratching and the odd outburst from Prince Charles, it looks like the infamous Chelsea Barracks site is finally about to begin its prom queen-style transformation.

We can expect "a significant uplift in prices as the economy improves," according to London Central Portfolio, which argues that fears of a housing bubble are very premature.

Shiny new-build schemes may grab the headlines, but distinguished mansion blocks remain the connoisseur's choice in W1 and W2, outperforming other flats by 8% since 2007.

Annual house price growth should be limited to 5%, argues the RICS today.

James Caan has likened year one of Accouter Group, his prime property services JV with Alec Watt, to Warren Buffet's success with Roomservice and the Candy brother's track record in London luxury.

The Liberal Democrat's party president has come out swinging with yet another angle on the mansion tax.

Shares in Foxtons have been described as "Marmite" by brokers, as Reuters reports that the estate agency's planned stock market float is already over-subscribed.

It looks like British Land's Mayfair masterplan is coming together. The Clarges Estate

Rather than benefit the working majority, a mansion tax could, in fact, do the opposite, says Tony Hennessey... Imagine for a moment that it is June 2015.

So it looks like Zoopla, Britain's number two property portal after Rightmove, is the next UK residential giant to follow Countrywide's and Foxton's lead and look into a stock market float.