The Market
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"…
Millionaires’ Rows 2018: Britain’s most expensive streets, ranked
Kensington Palace Gardens retains its top spot on Zoopla's annual "Rich List", with an average property value of £35.6m
Super-prime, tight supply & leasehold matters: Understanding the Belgravia property market
Once dismissed as the haunt of thieves and miscreants, this exclusive enclave has come a long way in the last 350 years, but how is it faring in the face of current market turbulence?
New mortgage lending falls further
'Remortgaging continued to dominate in August', says UK Finance
‘Late recovery’ locations push UK city house price inflation to 3.9%
Growth led by Liverpool, Glasgow and Nottingham, where average prices are only just returning to 2007 levels
Hammond calls an early Budget
#Budget2018 will take place on Monday 29th October
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
‘Significant buying opportunity’ in PCL as prices rewind and volumes continue to tumble
With average prices pretty much where they were four years ago and transactions levels at a record low, there is a window before positive sentiment returns and the market rallies, says investment firm…