The Market

Agents who try to charge fees to tenants could be hit with a £5,000 fine and criminal charges, says the draft bill, published today.

The financial sector is the bedrock of demand for prime London property... Job moves could have serious implications for the market.

43% more properties in prime London had their asking prices cut in October, compared to the same month last year.

18% more SDLT-liable £500k+ resi transactions went through in Q3 2017 compared to the previous year

Prime Central London values are coming back up to pre-SDLT reform levels, say LCP and Acadata

Prices achieved, £psf and sales volumes across some of hottest spots in PCL right now...

Using family trusts to save IHT is not just for the super-rich, but it does help to have had some well-advised ancestors...

The UK's property tax system is "strange and inconsistent", according to The Adam Smith Institute.

European billionaires are hunkering down; total wealth increased by 5% in 2016, while the number of billionaires in Europe increased by just three to 342.

Property micro-markets in SW London enclaves, by contrast, are "reasonably free-flowing"

Life is finally being breathed into London's biggest regeneration zone, says JLL.

Cushman & Wakefield: "It is very possible that we have now seen a bottoming-out of capital values in the current cycle"