Finance
Mortgage lending hits a ten-year high (for February) as remortgages boost the numbers
'Homebuyers have shaken off the winter blues,' declares UK Finance
NatWest backs £100m Native Land scheme in Marylebone
£45.8m loan secured for mixed-use Regent House project on George Street, Native Land's first project within The Portman Estate...
Meadow Partners secures £54m for Westbourne Park tower
Barings Real Estate has provided a £53.9m development loan facility to fund a 14-storey mixed-use scheme on the edge of Maida Vale
Management buyout at Candy’s Fortwell Capital
Dan Smith and Arthur Jennings take over CPC Group’s property finance house
Martin’s secures £40m for portfolio expansion
Martin’s Properties has done a £40m refinancing deal with Aviva Investors, promising 'a new chapter' for the business
New CGT rules ‘could create a cashflow & compliance nightmare’ for property owners
HMRC proposes a 30-day payment window for Capital Gains Tax payments, and more admin
Londoners paid four times more stamp duty than the national average last year
The most expensive 10% of properties contributed around 60% of all Stamp Duty receipts last year, reports LCP
SMEs hold the key for upbeat bridging lenders
Over three-quarters of Association of Short Term Lenders members expecting a turnover boost in Q2
The number of ‘enveloped’ homes has fallen by 22%
ATED receipts are down, despite rate rises and a broadening of thresholds
Government launches inquiry into ‘dirty money’ in London property
The Treasury steps up its focus on Russian money laundering in the London property market
Prime Dining: Tuscan Capital’s Colin Sanders on the Candys, cod roe & compassionate property finance
Property lawyer and food writer Nicky Richmond grills Tuscan Capital founder Colin Sanders over lunch at The Coach in Clerkenwell
London keeps its place as the world’s top financial centre – just
'There is an overall increase in confidence for the leading centres', reports Y/Zen in its latest Global Financial Centres Index