Finance

London accounted for around 40% of the UK's total residential stamp duty receipts in 2014-15 - just over £3bn out of £7.

The Centre for Economics and Business Research has pushed back its prediction for when the Bank of England will raise interest rates, to May or August next year.

Peer-to-peer lender Landbay has recruited a new Chief Lending Officer. Industry veteran Paul Clampin joins from Paragon Group, where he was Director of mortgage underwriting.

A JV between US-based investment giant EJF and non-bank lender Urban Exposure has created a major new resi development finance offering. Urban Exposure-financed project in London's Docklands

Property finance outfit Dragonfly has a new CEO. The firm's Head of Sales and Marketing Mark Posniak has replaced Jonathan Samuels, who's left to start a new (non-property related) venture.

The Australian government's new crackdown on "illegal" overseas investors has already started snaring some pretty big fish. Owners of residences in Sydney's exclusive Elizabeth Bay are under scrutiny

"Investors in international residential real estate should combine an understanding of macro metrics and an appreciation of local, shorter term drivers of house prices when making buying decisions," says Savills as…

Future dealings in the property market by householders currently over the age of 55 will account for more than three million property transactions, worth a total of more than £775bn, says the Prudential.

Peter Lim, the Singapore-based billionaire part-owner of Salford City FC, has agreed to back football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs' plans to develop a former police station in central Manchester into…

London Central Portfolio has just announced the launch of its "super fund", LCA III, which comes with a "seed portfolio" of 50 properties already in place.

Mortgage broker Private Finance is ramping up its team to deal with an increase in referrals from Strutt & Parker.

The number of homebuyers looking to secure a 30+ year mortgage has jumped from just 8% a year ago to 21% in Q2 2015, according to broker Mortgage Advice Bureau.