Economics

The volume of real estate purchases by Russians has halved in the space of a year, according to the Central Bank of Russia (CBR).

London, Dubai, Switzerland, Germany and the South of France could be in line for a £6 billion wave of investment from UHNW Iranian property buyers over the next 5-10 years, according to new predictions.

The ‘gaffe-prone’ Governor is at it again, says Trevor Abrahmsohn - is he really worth £870k a year?

Britain's real estate sector is relatively upbeat about short-term prospects, say the British Property Federation and Grosvenor, but the longer-term view is decidedly more iffy.

With just three weeks to go until Budget Day (doesn't it come around fast...

Prime Minister Dave emerged from the other side the Channel on Saturday brandishing a compromise agreement for a tarted-up British relationship with the European Union.

The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected "to more than triple between now and 2030", says Santander Mortgages, rising from under 500,000 today to over 1.6 million in 15 years' time.

Achieving strong growth in the global economy remains elusive, with only a modest recovery in advanced economies and slower activity in emerging markets, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic…

Don't listen to ‘Project Fear’, says Trevor Abrahmsohn, we will do very nicely outside of Europe... Has Mr Cameron covered himself in glory in his negotiations with the European ‘Bigwigs’?

Charging Capital Gains Tax on homes would be a significant improvement on the current stamp duty regime, argues the National Institute of Economic & Social Research's Dr Angus Armstrong in a thorough…

With the Institute for Fiscal Studies now warning that the Government will struggle to meet its target of balancing the books by 2019-20, Knight Frank has taken a proper look at how the new stamp duty…

The vast majority of buy-to-let investors are in for the long term, are big net contributors to both the national and local economies, and are right to feel a somewhat opportunist target, says Ed Mead...