Policy
Budget 2026: The prime resi industry’s hopes, fears & expectations
Special Feature: PrimeResi surveyed leading estate agents, buying agents, developers & advisors to gauge the luxury property sector's feelings & forecasts about this week's big fiscal event.
From Osborne to Reeves: Which Budgets were best & worst for prime London property?
Fresh Beauchamp Estates analysis tracks prime and super-prime sales through seven fiscal statements - as agency calls for end to annual guessing game.
New figures reveal £541mn Stamp Duty slump after Reeves Budget
Knight Frank has been crunching the numbers ahead of John Healey's big speech, revealing a sizeable drop in high-end sales and the Treasury's tax take.
Property movers sour on government policy as the Budget looms
Home movers are 'soldiering on with one arm tied behind their back', says property portal boss, warning: 'there’s only so long people can keep battling against the odds.'
No take-off for £5mn UK investor visa
Plans to attract overseas HNWIs to Britain reportedly grounded ahead of Budget, despite ‘considerable pent-up demand’.
Winkworth: PCL deal-making hits 18-month low as buyers tighten the screws
Even heavily discounted stock isn't cheap enough for buyers, reports agency, as chief exec bemoans annual ritual of autumn tax speculation.
Investigation links £2.2bn of UK new-build property with ‘suspicious’ wealth
Transparency International points fingers at developers and conveyancers; calls for an expansion of AML requirements.
Mansion tax territory: Three withdrawals per £2mn-plus sale; twice the wait for a buyer
New figures reveal the scale of the challenges facing the top end of England's housing market, with another Budget imminent and the HVCTS looming large.
Mixed Signals: The UK residential market in five charts
Tom Bill shares a snapshot of the key forces at work as the Budget looms large.
Government introduces EPC-style Flood Performance Certificates for homes
New ratings will assess properties’ exposure to flooding and the measures taken to protect them, with potential implications for insurance and lending.
London new-build sales sink below GFC levels
Just 1,440 new homes sold across the capital's larger resi developments during Q3, with only 829 bought by individual purchasers.
Chancellor backs away from major capital gains tax raid
‘Batshit crazy’ plans to equalise CGT with income tax reportedly shelved, although smaller increases could still be on the table.