Finance
Jakarta & Dubai lead the way as global luxury property prices heat up
Casting a beady eye over prime property prices across the world's 28 key cities, Knight Frank's Prime Global House Price Index is a feat in itself; mainly, how on earth do they get it onto just two pages?
Westminster mulls office-to-resi conversion tax
There's talk of a tax on office-to-resi conversions in Westminster, as the Council tries to maintain its 10-year principle of a "fine grain" level of mixed use buildings.
“Good Parents” now make up 29% of buy-to-let market
A new report by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has flagged up a wave of "Learner Landlords", who have entered the UK buy-to-let market on the back of recent tough economic times.
Where is Kensington’s One Hyde Park?
The lack of decent schemes in W8 has not gone unnoticed by the capital's army of canny developers. Camilla Dell investigates the new crop of prime projects vying to tempt the Knightsbridge crowd...
Cordea Savills closes resi development fund with £200m
Cordea Savills has closed its Prime London Residential Development Fund having bagged over £200m.
Succession planning up in the heir for most HNW families
With a remarkable sense of timing (you may have heard some whispers of a Royal baby recently) Coutts has done some in-depth research into the inheritance and succession plans of Britain's high net worth…
Merger & Acquisitions: Northacre teams up to expand PCL pipeline
Battersea-based developer Northacre Plc is about to embark on a summer spending spree, after announcing a tie-up with a major Abu Dhabi-based investment firm.
The Lancasters
Grosvenor shakes on major Belgravia scheme
Grosvenor has just announced a 50:50 joint venture partnership to redevelop a key site opposite the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Santander consolidates intermediary brands
Santander has scooped all its intermediary product brands together under a new umbrella brand: Santander for Intermediaries.
Vive Londres! French buyers head East
Did you know the French population in London has increased by 75% over the last ten years?
Scotland’s stamp duty revolution could catch on…
It's possible - likely, even - that the whole UK stamp duty system will be overhauled in the wake of Scottish changes to the system, claims The Telegraph.
HMRC scuppers £135m SDLT avoidance scheme
A tax tribunal has ruled against a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance scheme reportedly used in the purchase of Chelsea Barracks.