Finance

"Any permanent cut or removal of SDLT would be likely to have a significant cost to the Exchequer," concludes HM Treasury.

Knightsbridge-based mortgage brokerage has completed £14m worth of PCL loans in the last week.

The Bank of England reports that net mortgage borrowing fell from a record £11.5 billion in March to £3.3 billion in April.

The specialist prime lender has signed up Ian Axe and Simon Golesworthy as part of a new institutional management team.

Backing will fund infrastructure works at British Land’s 53-acre mega-scheme.

The government is "privately considering" a plan to impose a land-banking tax on property developers, according to a report in The Times.

London property developer Mount Anvil is reportedly suing KPMG after receiving an unexpectedly large tax bill.

There's been a spurt of new mortgage products in the last month, with deals requiring a small deposit seeing the biggest increase.

Benjamin Goldkorn, founder of restaurants Ichibuns and Endo at the Rotunda, is reworking two properties on Hamilton Terrace into seven apartments and two duplexes.

"Compass" has been created by a team from Cornerstone Tax Advisors.

34-unit regen project is transforming a disused brownfield site on Fulham Palace Road in Hammersmith.

Property developers should pay a "fair share" of the cost of the cladding scandal, says the Government, as it provides more detail on plans for a two-pronged tax on housebuilders.