Finance

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.

Receipts from the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings fell by 8% (c.£11m) for the 2019/2020 financial year; they have dropped by 28% (c.£50m) since the 2016 peak.

HMRC's revenue from SDLT was 22% higher last month than in March 2020.

Prime property finance platform has lent over £100m to prime property developers in the last five years.

Brokers should owe a "duty of loyalty" to borrowers, rules the Court of Appeal, in a judgement that provides "much-needed clarity" to the mortgage industry.

A well-known tax advisor has been fined for allegedly avoiding Stamp Duty, after losing an appeal against a First Tier Tribunal.