Economics
Stamp duty revenue sinks further as transaction slump takes Government by surprise
Revenue in the four months to July fell to £3.91 billion, reflecting "lower-than-expected residential property transactions and a weaker London housing market"
Carrington on Q2: Brexit, Purplebricks & PCL
With the arrival of Kit Malthouse as the seventeenth incumbent Minister of State for Housing since 1997, one could say that this time, at last, we have someone with real experience of local government…
Top Bank of England economist warns of an ‘exodus’ of finance workers from London
The number of EU workers coming to London is falling, says Ian McCafferty, and that's affecting the property market
A Minsky Market: Is property in a ‘hedge’, ‘speculative’ or ‘Ponzi’ stage?
In his instability hypothesis, the American economist Hyman Minsky stated there are three distinct stages to a market - so which one are we in right now? Property valuations guru James Wyatt explores...
Bristol’s property market is ‘reaching middle age’
Bristol 'has undeniably punched above its weight over the last decade', says Savills, but now the South West city is 'ready to relax'
‘There is no sign to date that foreign property investors will suddenly desert either London or the UK post-Brexit’ – Chestertons
Estate agency takes a measured view of Britain's post-Brexit property market
How expensive is London compared to other world cities?
Zurich and Geneva are the priciest cities on the planet, but LA residents have the most 'purchasing power', according to this year's UBS Global Cities Rankings
Why Russia’s ‘dirty money’ is not leaving London any time soon
What is missing in the Moscow’s Gold report is a broader understanding of why Russian (and non-Russian money for that matter) flows into London and the UK in the first place...
Bloomberg sets out to chart the end of London’s long housing boom
A new series of articles aims to track "London's housing market as it runs out of steam after almost a decade of growth"
One in six Londoners ‘expect to leave the capital within the foreseeable future’
London 'is set to lose significant portions of its most economically productive demographic', warns Grant Thornton LLP
Westminster’s voluntary taxation experiment falls flat
Three months after council launches innovative 'community contribution' scheme, new figures reveal that only 2% of high-end homeowners have actually put their hands in their pockets...
It is time to hand the housing crisis over to the professionals
The UK's property industry has the depth of talent to turn decades of underinvestment and policy neglect around, but only if given the power to do so, says Alexander Lewis...