Have we reached peak London?
London is at the edge of a major inflection point, argues Mark Kleinman, Professor of Public Policy at King’s College London. Could the capital’s 30-year growth spurt be coming to an end?
Budget Preview: What might the Chancellor announce on the 29th October?
Accountancy & tax advisory firm Blick Rothenberg looks at what the Chancellor might, should and should not say in the Autumn Budget, which takes place at the end of this month
£4.6 billion in lost tax receipts and business revenue since 2014: Why the current stamp duty regime is hurting the UK economy
Notwithstanding the latest move to target foreign buyers, the government’s incessant tinkering with high-end property levies has failed to optimise direct and indirect tax revenue, stifled economic activity, and deprived the market of the necessary liquidity and fluidity to function normally, argues Fraser Slater…
Industry Reactions: How might the Tory foreign buyer tax affect the UK property market?
Top prime resi experts and business leaders weigh in on what Theresa May’s plan for an additional SDLT levy on non-UK buyers might mean for the property sector
May takes aim at foreign property buyers with 3% additional stamp duty levy
“It cannot be right that it is as easy for individuals who don’t live in the UK, as well as foreign based companies, to buy homes as hard working British residents” says the Prime Minister
‘Cracks are appearing at the top end’ of global property markets, warns UBS
Residential property prices are falling in half of the world’s “bubble risk” cities, say investment experts
Resi SDLT receipts up 8% annually
HMRC releases full stamp duty statistics for 2017-2018, attributing increase in resi receipts to a higher proportion of transactions paying the higher rates
Why the UK should create a national investment bank
Columbia University’s Stephany Griffith-Jones explains how creating a national investment bank could transform the UK economy, and help to end austerity
Labour moots a new ‘national levy’ on holiday homes
Shadow Housing Minister outlines three new policies to combat inequality in the housing market
Cash buyers behind over half of property deals in RBKC & Westminster
One in every two transactions in the capital’s most expensive boroughs went down as cash purchases last year
Six London property market trends explored in 13 charts
The Office for National Statistics has analysed recent movements in the UK House Price Index, highlighting a series of notable trends in the capital’s property pricing and transaction volumes
‘End stamp duty to rebalance the housing market’ – RICS
20% of surveyors believe replacing Stamp Duty with a modernised Council Tax would benefit the property market and wider economy