The Market
Independent review to look at expanding National Parks & AONBs
70 years after National Parks and AONBs were first established, a new review will assess if current protected landscape policies are fit for purpose
Sales volumes & values drop in PCL – but ‘pent-up demand is forming’
This year's falling prices and dwindling transactions may be "a short-term trend", says Knight Frank's Tom Bill, as more prospective buyers line up in Prime Central London
Residential Tenancies: The Long & the Short (term) of it
"There is no need to legislate for longer tenancies", argues Mishcon de Reya's Alison Taylor; "there cannot be a one-size fits all approach to residential tenancies"
‘For some, buying in Bayswater is almost a hedge against Brexit’
Neighbourhood to the north of Hyde Park has been relatively immune to the uncertainty that's dampened demand across PCL, reports Knight Frank
Consultation to be held on permitted development rights for upward extensions
Housing Minister outlines a suite of planning policy tweaks
Government to launch a mandatory new-build homes watchdog
The Housing Minister has promised to create a New Homes Ombudsman for new house-builders
UK’s ‘dirty money’ crackdown sparks super-prime sell-off in London
National Crime Agency reports 'change in behaviour' as new powers make it harder to hide ill-gotten gains
Industry Reactions: How might the Tory foreign buyer tax affect the UK property market?
Top prime resi experts and business leaders weigh in on what Theresa May's plan for an additional SDLT levy on non-UK buyers might mean for the property sector
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
Talking Heads: On China’s Golden Week & the London property market
Over three quarters of Chinese have property purchase intentions in mind when they travel overseas, according to a recent survey, but will the upcoming extended national holiday result in a "bonanza"…