The Market
Hamptons bags £4m+ Millgate scheme
Millgate Homes has tasked Hamptons International with sales for its new top-end scheme in salubrious Sunninghill, near Ascot.
Hoard It All Before: New landbanking tax proposed for London
London Councils, the cross-party organisation representing all 33 of the capital's local authorities, has demanded an immediate crackdown on alleged landbanking by developers.
House price optimism hits highest level since 2010
Britain's householders reckon the value of their bricks and mortar rose for the sixth consecutive month in September, according to Knight Frank and Markit's latest mood reading effort, and are more upbeat…
Letting Away With It: The murky world of “secret commissions”
After a property maintenance firm claimed to "blow the whistle" this week, former lawyer Jonathan Monjack calls for an end to "secret commissions" throughout the rental sector...
Osborne: “Let’s not pretend there’s a housing boom”
George Osborne has told the Institute of Directors that the property market is not overheating.
Banda’s Battersea bonanza as bakery scheme sells out in a day
All five apartments in the developer's latest project near Battersea Park have exchanged within 24 hours of launch
Right time for Greenwich as riverside schemes surge
Proving there's more to SE10 than extraordinarily good beer and the birth of standardised time, Greenwich in SE London is currently undergoing a renaissance of neptunian proportions.
G&T restoration just the tonic for Islington
Some people really deserve to have streets and squares named after them.
An engineer called Hugh Myddelton - who was knocking around in the 1600s - is one of them.
Treasury targets holiday let tax dodgers
The Treasury is launching a new campaign to chase up landlords - including those with holiday lets - who don't pay every penny of tax due on rents they receive.
HMRC estimates that up to 1.
Block Solid: The enduring appeal of London’s mansion flats
Shiny new-build schemes may grab the headlines, but distinguished mansion blocks remain the connoisseur's choice in W1 and W2, outperforming other flats by 8% since 2007.
The Seven-Year Cycle: Bubble fears are premature
We can expect "a significant uplift in prices as the economy improves," according to London Central Portfolio, which argues that fears of a housing bubble are very premature.
Gavel Agents: Savills auction raises over £42m
Bargain hunters were out in force at the Marriott Hotel yesterday, as Savills' September auction raised a blockbusting £42m (£5m more than last year's total).