The Market
Brexit will drive ‘deep’ property tax cuts – Wetherell
"Deep" tax cuts are all but inevitable, regardless of whether the final EU deal is "hard" or "soft", claims Peter Wetherell as part of a "don't wait to buy in Mayfair" pitch.
Seven trends in the UK property market
Including a 57% jump in online estate agents' market share
These five countries are conduits for the world’s biggest tax havens
New study reveals the global web of IFCs and offshore tax management
Prime Education: Studying London’s most sought after catchment areas
'In the capital, you pay an average premium of 13% for a house located near a primary school rated Outstanding by OFSTED, its highest-performing category'
Government proposes a ‘radical’ ban on new-build leasehold sales
The DCLG wants to “ban new-build houses being sold as leasehold as well as restricting ground rents to as low as zero”
Three cities are driving demand for Brownfield development land
Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds are the key hotspots, says Knight Frank - but Savills flags Bristol as the rising star
Transaction numbers dip below 100,000 for the first time this year
Deal numbers have been pretty consistent for the last 12 months
Prime London’s post-election ‘paralysis’ bucks 20-year trend
No post-poll rally this time round, says Garrington; market now 'teeming with opportunities' for astute buyers...
‘We are entering a period of belt-tightening’ as the property market plateaus – UK Finance
Gross mortgage lending totals £22.1bn in June
We need an end to the Brexit uncertainty, but there are other worries piling up on the horizon
'The current situation is eerily similar to the Phoney War between September 1939 to April 1940, when many Britons daily expected a major calamity, but nothing happened'
Prime London deal drought hitting stamp duty revenue
Buying agency Turnbull estimates £266.05m collected in SDLT across prime London during H1 2017, 4.9% down on H1 2014
Currency Matters: Understanding how currency shifts affect global property markets
Knight Frank's Taimur Khan delivers a briefing on the implications of currency movements on residential real estate markets