Economics
SDLT is ‘4x more harmful per pound than income tax and 8x more harmful than VAT’
The UK's property tax system is "strange and inconsistent", according to The Adam Smith Institute.
Asia is now home to more billionaires than the USA
European billionaires are hunkering down; total wealth increased by 5% in 2016, while the number of billionaires in Europe increased by just three to 342.
New home registrations plummet in London
2,494 was the lowest number recorded in a third quarter since 1992
And Other Villains: Why stamp duty is only part of the problem for prime London
Non-Dom taxation, Brexit, tightened mortgage lending, blustering rhetoric...
The ONS’ miscalculation of a crucial labour cost figure could lead to “one or two” extra interest rate hikes
A blunder by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in which it miscalculated a crucial measure of labour cost inflation could lead to Bank of England policymakers signalling the need for "one or two"…
The Greater Fool: Can Britain really cope with a fall in housing prices?
"The UK may need to wean itself off its property addiction, but it also needs to sustain confidence in the single asset class that counts for almost two thirds of its wealth"
Surcharge shores up SDLT receipts as transactions tumble
Fascinating stats in HMRC's latest annual update
London property is still in ‘bubble risk territory’, warns bank
Toronto has the most overly-inflated property market in the world, says UBS
France now has a bigger HNW population than the UK
The world's super-rich are generally getting richer, and there are more of them, says Capgemini
The Value of Heritage: Why historic buildings are vital to the future of the economy
The heritage sector directly contributed £11.9bn to the economy in the last year, says Historic England