Finance
CGT on main residences: A housing crisis panacea?
Introducing Capital Gains Tax on main residences could fix the housing market, cutting price inflation and driving supply levels up - so says housing guru Kate Barker in a new book.
Lodha plots $5bn London resi play
India's biggest resi property developer is reportedly gearing up to splash $3bn on new assets in London over the next four years, with a further $2bn set aside for construction.
Bridgebank launches £1m+ Quantum big loan brand
Bridgebank Capital has just launched a new brand dedicated to £1m+ large loans.
£8m investment fuels Canburg’s global interiors ambition
Canburg, the owner of high-end interiors brands Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture, has netted an £8m capital investment from the Business Growth Fund to "accelerate its UK and international…
Cordea Savills widens London resi development fund zone
Investment manager Cordea Savills has broadened the remit of its London residential development fund, to look at "select locations" across Greater London rather than maintaining the prime central focus…
Cost of owning a £2m property could rise by nearly half in four years
Humberts has worked out that the first year's ownership of a £2m home could rise by 46% over the next four years .
Where’s the Wealth? London, luxury assets and the UHNW landscape
The prime London market is closely linked to the private wealth of ultra high net worth individuals, says Savills' Sophie Chick in another installment of the agency's Prime London Autumn Spotlight.
Superstar architects in running for Whiteleys transformation
Some of the biggest names in architecture have been shortlisted for the redevelopment of the iconic Whiteleys shopping centre in Bayswater, which is being seen as the cornerstone of the area's £1bn…
Knight Frank Finance teams up with Shawbrook
Knight Frank Finance has signed up to Shawbrook Bank's Strategic Partner programme for the South East.
Strong H1 gives ‘clear signs that Winkworth is gaining market share’
Estate agency Winkworth's Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2014 look pretty rosy.
The family-run AIM-listed franchise's sales rose by 20.4% to £2.
Berkeley’s finance head leaves the board
Berkeley Group's long-standing finance head has dropped out of the Board of Directors rather suddenly.
Zoopla backers get behind property crowdfunding venture
Octopus Investments - the venture capitalist firm that backed an early stage Zoopla Property Group seven years ago - has invested in a residential property crowdfunding business that trumpets the opportunity…