Economics
Where is the ‘most desirable’ place to live in England?
Still a small town in the Wirral, apparently
Housing in London in 25 Graphs
Top takehomes from the Mayor's London Housing Strategy evidence base
Exploring transatlantic deal-drivers for the super-rich
Including super-prime infography on six HNW global enclaves
Additional homes surcharge delivers £1,190m SDLT ‘windfall’
Number of levy-liable properties rises despite the additional 3% tax
2002-2017: When were the best opportunities for EUR/GDP buyers?
'A Sterling-denominated buyer purchasing property in the Euro-Area in January 2002 (€1.62/GBP) and then selling when the Euro was at its highest since its inception against the Pound at €1.
In Numbers: A sit-rep of England’s housing market
"The need for housing in England has in recent years grown faster than its supply"
Total UK housing value jumped by nearly £500bn in 2016, but the landscape is shifting
The UK's £6.8tr housing stock is now worth 3.65 times Britain's GDP, says Savills
Lucian Cook’s six key themes for the resi property sector in 2017 and beyond
"Expect the unexpected" says Savills, but "life in the property world goes on" despite 2016's series of seismic shocks
London-based US bankers in bonus boost
City workers at US lenders are generally granted a dollar amount, paid out in sterling
London is ‘a top destination for money launderers’, with no data on real owners of most foreign-firm owned property
Most foreign firms owning London property are registered in tax havens, say Transparency International and Reuters
Infographic: Why the world loves London
CBRE counts the ways...
London’s prime property market dip to drive a £1.6bn cut in this year’s SDLT receipts
Stamp duty receipts "so far this year have been much weaker than expected" says the OBR