Finance
Propertymark: ‘Tax incentives can power up energy efficiency standards’
"A simple tax restructure" could help more private rental homes meet EPC targets, suggest property industry insiders.
Revealed: Most popular tax havens for UK property ownership
New research highlights the scale of UK property held offshore.
Property industry reactions: Bank of England hikes base rate again, to 5.25%
Featuring analysis from Chestertons, JLL, Knight Frank, Rightmove, Savills, Zoopla and more.
Surprise lift for mortgage approvals in June
The latest Bank of England data shows an increase in lending activity from May to June.
Cain & Starwood back CWG’s Wood Wharf with £535mn loan
Canary Wharf Group has arranged one of the biggest real estate loans of the last year for its resi-led neighbourhood project in East London.
Boutique lender completes £22mn prime resi bridging loan
A developer is creating 'one of the country’s finest luxury houses' in the South East.
HM Treasury seeks views on AML compliance reform
Four options to reform AML provision have been proposed by the government.
Currency Matters: Inflation cools, but is it really the beginning of the end?
David Huggett explains what the latest economic movements mean for international investors eying UK assets.
Development lender boosts credit team with two new hires
Precede Capital has originated and arranged almost £1.7bn in real estate loans since launching in March 2021.
‘Holiday homes loophole’ to cost councils £170mn this year
'The problem is not second homeowners, it is politicians failing to understand the issues and having the courage to do something about it,' says top property agency.
Lendinvest secures £500mn mortgage backing
Tech-led lender has bagged more investment 'to support the scaling of BTL and residential mortgage products'
Mortgage approvals ticked up slightly in May – BoE data
'Not as bad as some we may have feared,' says North London estate agent Jeremy Leaf - but Savills warns that June's lending statistics 'will be more telling given the timeline of turbulence in the mortgage…