Finance
More stormy weather for insurance industry and waterfront properties
The current flood of floods across the UK is highlighting just how close next June's expiry of the Government's Statement of Principles (SoP) is, and, after this week's talks about a publicly-funded backstop…
There’s more offshore: The Guardian names “secret” property owners
The Guardian has named a batch of "secret" property barons who it claims own UK properties through offshore firms based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI)
Vince Cable’s back-door mansion tax
David Cameron is saying absolutely not (at the moment) to new council tax bands targeting high-value homes, but there's talk afoot of whopping new stamp duty charges for £1m+ properties, with Chancellor …
MBE draws to close
It's the final day of the Mortgage Business Expo at the Excel Centre and there's still time to head down for the MMR seminar with Lynda Blackwell if you get your skates on.
London out-primes rest of the world
The super-prime London property market continues to attract more international interest than any other world city, according to a new report from CBRE. A significant 12
A trophy home in London? Yes We Can!
In case you hadn't noticed all the pop concerts and ticker tape, it's US election day
Londonewcastle acquires in Clerkenwell
Property developer Londonewcastle are set to collaborate with new investor and developer The Third Quarter on a collection of new penthouse apartments in one of Clerkenwell's key buildings
New build values in Mayfair “to triple by 2050”
Shrill accusations and sullen aftermaths - who doesn't love a good old-fashioned "game" of Monopoly? Well it seems the geniuses behind the boardgame were also purveyors of uncannily reliable real estate…
The Fantastic MMR
Lending to the wealthy used to be like banging a square peg into a round hole, but the FSA's Mortgage Market Review, published last week, is fantastic news for high net worths, says Hugh Wade Jones of…
Required Reading: Mortgage Market Review for High Net Worths
Last December's consultation on the mortgage market seems like a distant memory
Candy on track to lend £1bn
Christian Candy's CPC Group has pledged funding and financial support for bridging lender Omni Capital to help the company hit its property lending target of £1 billion over the next three years.
Has the budget affected the PCL property market, asks Camilla Dell
The Chancellor whacked up tax rates on prime properties in May; Camilla Dell explores what the impact, if any, has been on the market