The Market
Wrong Side of the Tax: How SDLT reshaped London’s prime property market
Believe it or not, it's been two whole years since the stamp duty levied on properties over £2m was ramped up to the eye-watering 7% mark.
Foreign investment quota plans rejected in House of Lords
A controversial proposal to introduce a limit on overseas property sales was unceremoniously shot down in the House of Lords last week.
Lord Bradshaw
Fast-track planning court opens its doors
The first hearings at the UK's new specialist 'Planning Court' are getting underway today.
London’s market becomes ‘less abnormal’ as the ripple returns
London's property market is becoming 'less abnormal' says Knight Frank, as prime central prices rise at a more moderate level, and are out-performed by the mainstream market and prime fringes as the ripple…
Prime Scottish prices rise as vendors wait it out
The first quarter of 2014 has seen another significant boost for Scotland's prime property market.
Knight Frank has recorded a 1.
Varsity Blues: Oxford and Cambridge bow to the river
Cambridge's property market has thrashed Oxford's by a good length over the past year, says Knight Frank in a Boat Race-themed bit of research.
Cambridgeshire prices have put in a strong +7.
The slow rise of the Chinese buyer
Chinese developers have made their mark in London in the last year with several headline-grabbing deals.
Prime rents fell most rapidly in London and Hong Kong last year – Knight Frank
Using its considerable research muscle to measure performance across seventeen major world cities, Knight Frank's Prime Global Rental Index recorded a 4.8% boost in 2013.
Strutts launches Cambridge lettings arm
A year after opening a sales office in Cambridge, Strutt & Parker is expanding services to cover residential lettings as well.
Required Reading: Principal Private Residence Relief
From 6th April, homeowners who move out before sale may face an unexpected tax bill, explains Jenny Wilson-Smith...
Quick Sail? Consequences of this change won't be limited to second home-owners though...
Upsizers & Downsizers: Prime regional market motivators
Prime markets across the country are becoming more balanced, says Savills, which argues that "2014 will be the year when the value gap between London and the prime suburbs and inner commuter belt finally…
International interest cools as PCL begins to look fully priced – Hamptons
UK buyers are snapping up the lion's share of properties in the capital, according to Hamptons International's latest findings, with domestic purchasers accounting for 77% of all sales across the firm's…