The Market
Seven spring homebuyer trends
From ugly houses to sustainable ones, here's some of the more interesting buyer trends noted by the Stacks team so far this season...
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What Goes Up: UK transactions plummet as SDLT hike hits home
The number of resi property transactions across the UK fell by nearly half between March and April as the government's latest stamp duty increase came into effect.
Supercool Silvestrin house in Hampstead asks £22.5m
Rare resi project by the celebrated Italian designer
Brexit could hold back house prices by ‘up to 18%’ – Osborne
An 'Out' vote on the 23rd June would be "a lose-lose situation" and could mean house prices are up to 18% lower in 2018 than in a 'Remain' scenario, warned Chancellor George Osborne at the weekend.
Weston sets up £120m Denham Film Studios scheme
One of the most important locations in Hollywood and British movie making history is to be transformed into a major new resi address - ambitiously billed as a "mini-Beverly Hills" - following a landmark…
Benham & Reeves goes on-site at Kew Bridge
Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings, which claims to be London’s fastest growing letting agency, is opening up shop on-site at St George's Kew Bridge scheme in West London.
Treasury claims Brexit ‘shock’ would drive Britain into recession
With a month to go until polling day, the Treasury has kicked the EU Referendum debate up a notch, basically predicting that we're all economically doomed if the vote goes "Out".
EU Referen-doom: Is Osborne right on Brexit and Property?
With the Chancellor warning of a significant 'hit' facing the housing market if Britain votes to up sticks next month, Naomi Heaton asks just how likely this is...
At A Glance: Policy impacts on UK property transactions
Here's a handy visualisation that could give an indication of what to expect over the next few months.
100 units already sold at Oakmayne’s Two Fifty One
Oakmayne's new scheme in Southwark has seen a strong take up, with nearly a third of the units going before the construction enters the fit-out phase.
Khan Do: Key housing priorities for London’s new Mayor
London's mayoral election turned into an election on housing, so what should Sadiq Khan now be focusing on in order to actually deliver on all those promises?
Hamptons to launch first ‘Private Conveyancing Hub’
Hamptons International is gearing up to launch its first "Private Conveyancing Hub" in Buckinghamshire.