Finance
Clegg: Mansion tax could be a death duty
Nick Clegg has mooted more ideas about how his mansion tax might work in practice, suggesting that it exemptions could be made for homeowners who have lived in a property for a long time, and/or that taxes…
Countrywide launches £200m IPO
Oaktree Capital Group has confirmed its plans to float Countrywide holdings, the owner of 46 property estate agency brands, including Hamptons International and John D Wood, with a value of £200m.
Sorting out the Bugger’s Muddle: Tricky, risky, but it’s cheap
Buying Agent turned developer Alan Page's quest for an honest profit has got complicated as he takes a punt on a short lease wreck in W8...
Bridgebank Capital adds to senior management team
Manchester-based short term property lender Bridgebank Capital has appointment Lesley Gibbons in a new senior management role, as Company Accountant.
High Street HNWs: Private Banks on the run?
As more mainstream lenders enter the large loan market, will Private Banks hit back or stay in the shadows, asks Andrew Montlake...
Mortgage Strategy Awards: The Winners
In case you missed it, the Mortgage Strategy Awards took over the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane on Wednesday to decorate the industry's leading lights.
Dragonfly passes the £500m loan mark
Dragonfly Property Finance, the short-term lender, has boasted that it has now lent over £500m through 900 deals since launch in 2009; the firm is eying-up the £1bn mark over the next 12-18 months.
Regional yields drawing Far Eastern investment
London is no longer the first choice for Far Eastern property investors, according to buy-to-let specialists Assetz.
Miliband moots a mansion tax to “put right a mistake made by Gordon Brown”
Ed Miliband has opened up the mansion tax debate all over again.
Future Capital Partners launches prime resi EIS offering
Future Capital Partners, the £7 billion alternative investment firm, has kicked off its latest Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) offering - RRC Planning Services PLC (RRC) - with a focus on"growth sectors"…
What have tax changes done to the prime property market?
Deloitte Real Estate's Matthew Lodge assesses the market's reaction to tax charges on high-value residential property.
On 31 January draft Capital Gains Tax (CGT) legislation was published.
The return of the mansion tax: Lib Dems vow to put “payslips before palaces”
The Lib Dems have re-awoken the mansion tax debate all over again, despite the Tories categorically stating that "We won't introduce a new tax on property" in last year's Autumn Statement.