The Market
Eagle and Lexicon penthouses set new price record
Developer Mount Anvil, which coincidentally announced huge profits yesterday, has reportedly just set a new price record for the hotly-tipped area around Silicon Roundabout, after selling a pair of…
Profit boost for Winkworth as country offices shine
Winkworth's 180th year in business is off to a good start despite "dampened" transaction levels in the capital.
Right or wrong to buy, this doesn’t change the urgent need to build more homes
Funding for property development should be made much easier and a root and branch reform of the planning process is essential to get the housing quota up, says Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Let Smart: An analysis of prime central London’s rental market
As the election charges closer and mortgage lending regulations take hold, renting is now the option of choice for many in prime central London, says Kay & Co's Martin Bikhit in a thorough analysis of…
CEBR revises house price forecasts up: From a 0.6% drop to a 1.5% rise this year
The Centre for Economics and Business Research has dramatically revised its national property market forecasts for this year, bumping January's dismal prediction of a 0.
Headlines & Proposals: The pre-election giveaways funded by prime resi property
At least there is now an increasing trickle of information about what a new higher tax landscape for residential property may look like, says Edward Burton...
Tories plot to sell-off £1m+ council homes in Right-to-Buy relaunch
The Conservative Party will relaunch its 1980s Right-to-Buy policy if it triumphs in May, according to its election Manifesto, which includes an idea to sell-off the most valuable third of council properties.
Housing Futures: The modern buyers’ property wishlist
The traditional AGA-riddled country cottage or farmhouse is still the nation's home of choice, says Strutt & Parker - just as long as it's in the rural South East, just a short stroll from all the local…
Growing Pains: Why London’s dynamism depends on housing delivery
For the best part of 30 years London’s renaissance has seemed unstoppable, says Jonathan Manns.
‘Conflicting factors’ moderate the Scottish country house market
Annual price growth for prime Scottish country houses has eased to +1.2%, after just a 0.
French Lessons: The case for Non Doms
The two Eds have clearly learnt nothing from M. Hollande’s comedic attempts to impose a draconian tax on the wealthy French, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Tories promise to ‘take the family home out of Inheritance Tax’
David Cameron and George Osborne have said that the next Conservative government will raise the Inheritance Tax threshold to effectively £1m, but throttle any benefit for homes worth more than £2m.