Finance
Government to scrutinise luxury property deals in US-style crackdown
Similar targeting orders to those in operation in New York and Florida could force agents to hand over the personal details of buyers involved in high-end transactions across RBKC & Westminster
UK property prices have increased three-times as fast as earnings since 2008
The average value of a UK home has risen by 43% over the last decade, while the average wage has increased by 15% - and mortgage payments have trickled up by just 3%
Thousands could be reclaimed in inheritance tax following falling house prices
Families could reclaim thousands of pounds in inheritance tax, if executors end up selling an inherited property for less than its IHT valuation
The effects of tax and regulation on the buy-to-let market, three years on
The 3% SDLT surcharge and the reduction of mortgage interest tax relief have changed the shape of the buy-to-let market
Private Finance opens first regional office
Indy mortgage broker has moved into Shrewsbury as part a "strategic expansion" into the Midland and North
Battersea Power Station secures £600m package for Phase 3 development
Financing for Phase 3 of Battersea's 42-acre regeneration project has been successfully completed
Prime Dining: Uma Rajah of CapitalRise on the changing face of high-value property finance
Property lawyer & food writer Nicky Richmond talks FinTech, crowdfunding & mouthfeel with CapitalRise CEO Uma Rajah, over Celeriac Shawarma and Kombucha at ROVI in Fitzrovia.
‘Land & property are under-taxed’: Influential think tank calls for ‘fundamental’ economic reforms
"Fundamental reform has happened twice before in the last century following periods of crisis," says the IPPR in a major new report "– with the Attlee government’s Keynesian reforms in the 1940s and…
Developers contribute £6bn a year to community infrastructure projects
New CIL reforms mean local councils now have to declare developers' contributions and how levies are spent
Mortgage approvals jump to highest number since 2009
95,126 mortgages were approved by the main high street banks in July 2019; the highest monthly total since July 2009
James Taylor Homes secures £25m loan for SW London resi scheme
Investec shows 'continued commitment to resi development finance', agreeing to fund the conversion of a former hotel in Kingston town centre into 89 resi units
Five-year fixed rate mortgage costs fall as borrowing becomes cheaper around the world
“We have often thought that rates can’t go any lower, but here we are again,” says David Hall of Knight Frank Finance