Economics
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
ONS measures how fast UK housing costs are rising
Official stats provide snapshot of the changing prices and costs associated with home ownership in the UK
Carney paints bleak picture for UK housing market in no-deal Brexit scenario
House prices could fall by more than a third over three years in the event of a disorderly departure from the EU in March, warns BoE chief
Why London property prices are falling: An economic primer in five charts
Five charts that help to explain some of the key factors behind London's falling house prices, explored by Geoff Meen, Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Reading
What would a ‘no deal’ Brexit mean for the prime property sector?
As former Housing Minister Dominic Raab gets to the business end of negotiations with the European Union, we ask a panel of senior players in the prime resi industry about what effect - if any - Brexit…