Finance
Number of £500k+ stamp duty bills in prime London rockets by 64%
High value property transactions have slumped in the last year, as a major reform of the stamp duty system significantly upped the cost of moving at the £1m+ level.
Buy-to-Let Stamp Duty: What the new surcharge means for the property market
After George Osborne used his Autumn Statement to drop a surprise bombshell on the property investment sector, tacking an extra 3% SDLT levy on second homes and buy-to-let properties, Savills has produced…
LendInvest ‘now backing 1% of all privately developed homes in the UK’
Online property investment platform LendInvest is claiming to have backed 1% of the privately built homes in the UK this year.
Required Reading: A full briefing on the Autumn Statement and Spending Review
From the headlines to the fine print, here's Mishcon de Reya's comprehensive briefing on what 2015's combined Autumn Statement and Spending Review means for high net worth individuals and business owners.
Modi visit ‘to re-ignite Indian investment into London’s property market’
£9.2bn-worth of property deals - mainly commercial - are reported to have been agreed between the UK and India following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Blighty.
Autumn Statement: New higher SDLT rate for buy-to-let and second homes
George Osborne's third pop at the country's finances this year saw housing - or the "crisis of home ownership" - near the top of the bill.
CML and Which? launch standardised mortgage fee format
The Council of Mortgage Lenders and Which?
US giant signs up with HNW mortgage broker for UK launch
Coldwell Banker's new UK arm, led by Vic Pegna, has signed an exclusive preferred supplier agreement with independent mortgage broker John Charcol.
Urban Exposure and Highbridge to finance £400m Tech City scheme
Alternative lender Urban Exposure and investment firm Highbridge Principal Strategies have announced they'll be providing finance for Rocket Investments' £400m new scheme on City Road.
The Devil is in the Detail: Is London really in ‘bubble-risk’ territory?
Is the London property market a bubble risk? It may be, but UBS’ recent one page report on the capital does not prove it, argues Maskells boss and former banker Charles Curran...
What HNWIs Want: The role of property in wealth creation and preservation
Property's role as both a wealth creator and provider of homes for people to enjoy and pass down through generations is what ultimately lifts it above all other asset classes, says super-prime developer Joe…
New MD and Associate Director for Cain Hoy
Connecticut-based property investor Cain Hoy Enterprises, which teamed up with Galliard Homes a year ago to create London's biggest private house-builder, has recruited a new Managing Director from Canadian…