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#Budget2018: Prime resi industry reactions
Commentary from the luxury property industry's top players and pundits
#Budget2018: Housing drops down the agenda
A summary of housing and property-related announcements from this year's Budget
The Rise of ‘Necrotecture’: Half of London’s new-build homes are underused, claims academic
And 64% of London homes worth more than £5m are "empty", according to a new study by Rowland Atkinson, Chair of Inclusive Studies at Sheffield University
Short-let shock as Paris tenant forced to hand over €46k in Airbnb income
Record penalty handed down after owner finds her apartment had been sublet on Airbnb since 2011;
Continued supply drop pushes rents up
19% fewer rental properties were listed in London in Q3 compared to last year, reports Rightmove
How George Osborne ‘wrought havoc’ on the resi property market
Ahead of Spreadsheet Phil's big day, London Central Portfolio collates the latest SDLT statistics to argue why the government's recent programme of tax reforms has been both 'ill-conceived and ineffective',…
Flag It Up: Government extends ‘dirty money’ campaign to target estate agents
Tie-up with the RICS and the NAEA aims to 'help agents spot the signs of money laundering and reinforce their legal and moral obligations to report suspicious activity'
Coastal homes & communities could be swamped by rising sea levels within 80 years
A one-metre increase in sea levels could happen within a generation, warns the Committee on Climate Change, putting millions of homes at risk and wiping out many of Britain's most coveted waterfront locations…
Westminster backs planning ‘shake-up’
'We want a bottom up and not top down system', says council as it prepares to publish a new City Plan
Budget Wishlist: Surveyors lobby to ‘put the built environment at the heart’ of the Budget
"This could be the most complicated challenge faced by any Chancellor since the 2008 financial crash," says the RICS, as it outlines an eight-point plan to "put the built environment at the heart" of this…
Market Snapshot: Virginia Water
A quick swing by one of the most expensive housing markets outside London...
Prime London ‘gathers momentum’ as buyers become ‘much more active’ – Chestertons
London estate agency reports a 60% surge in new buyer registrations compared to last year, but transaction numbers are still low