Finance
Agent Concern: The unintended consequence of the Chancellor’s pension revolution
Estate agents are likely to become the guardians of people’s pension pots, says Ed Mead. S
Required Reading: Budget2014 property tax implications
Mischon de Reya's learned tax team examines the real estate-related fallout from Osbo's Big Day...
It's fair to say George Osborne's penultimate Budget of the current term was much as expected.
Concordats & All That: MIPIM afterthoughts
Thank goodness BoJo's concordat is nothing more than a gentleman's understanding, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Budget2014: Reactions
There's a definite sense of anti-climax around these parts, even though no-one was expecting much to start with. Here's what the prime resi community thinks of today's Budget announcements..
Budget2014: Osborne & little change for prime property
Chancellor George has extended the 15% SDLT rate for residential property bought through a corporate envelope from £2m all the way to £500,000, in a move that looks to be aimed squarely at cutting the nu…
Peer-to-peer lender launches tranched mortgages
LendInvest, the peer-to-peer mortgage lending platform, has announced that it has completed a "world-first" tranched peer-to-peer mortgage.
The loan was for £365, 250 against a property in Croydon.
“Unprecedented appetite” for alternative resi investments – Savills
There's "unprecedented appetite from investors for reversionary residential investments" after last year's "significant turning point in the market," says Savills, in a new report that highlights the …
New resi investment partner for Cluttons
Cluttons has recruited one of Knight Frank's residential investment key players to its Agency and Capital Markets division.
Mark Clegg spent 8.
Candy’s Omni Capital launches structured finance division
Christian Candy's property finance house Omni Capital has launched an international structured finance division offering residential and commercial loans from £5m to £250m for projects in the UK, Europe an…
RICS asks for property (and SDLT reform) to be at the heart of Osborne’s Budget
The RICS has helpfully offered to help the Chancellor out with the drafting of his Budget speech on 19th March, submitting a series of policy "asks" that its members would be happy to hear and that might…
How many prime square metres will US$1m buy you around the world?
Monaco, where US$1m buys you a paltry 15 square metres
City
$1m buys X sq m
Monaco
15.0
Hong Kong
20.6
London
25.2
Singapore
32.6
Geneva
34.7
New York
40
Required Reading: Understanding the proposed changes to Investor Visas
Radical new proposals to change Investor Visas could have far-reaching and direct consequences for the UK's prime property market, including a relaxation of residence requirements.