The Market
Brexit could take 75,000 finance workers out of London, warns the BoE
The financial sector is the bedrock of demand for prime London property... Job moves could have serious implications for the market.
Price cuts jump in prime London
43% more properties in prime London had their asking prices cut in October, compared to the same month last year.
Stamp duty receipts leap 23% as property values climb
18% more SDLT-liable £500k+ resi transactions went through in Q3 2017 compared to the previous year
PCL ‘shows recovery’ as the top-end bounces back
Prime Central London values are coming back up to pre-SDLT reform levels, say LCP and Acadata
Market Snapshot: Marylebone, Fitzrovia & Bloomsbury
Prices achieved, £psf and sales volumes across some of hottest spots in PCL right now...
How to save tax like a duke
Using family trusts to save IHT is not just for the super-rich, but it does help to have had some well-advised ancestors...
SDLT is ‘4x more harmful per pound than income tax and 8x more harmful than VAT’
The UK's property tax system is "strange and inconsistent", according to The Adam Smith Institute.
Asia is now home to more billionaires than the USA
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.
“63% of property for sale in Mayfair & St James’s has been on the market for over 12 months”
Property micro-markets in SW London enclaves, by contrast, are "reasonably free-flowing"
“The vision for Nine Elms is beginning to crystallise”
Life is finally being breathed into London's biggest regeneration zone, says JLL.
Prime London property prices look to have bottomed-out
Cushman & Wakefield: "It is very possible that we have now seen a bottoming-out of capital values in the current cycle"
Coutts: Low positive returns now best case scenario in prime London
With prices 'back to 2013 levels', the Queen's bank suggests clients err on the side of caution...