Policy
Talking Heads: What does the end of non-dom status mean for the prime property market?
As Britain's 225-year-old 'non-dom' tax regime faces abolition, we asked prime resi insiders about the potential impact on the property market and their businesses.
Tories float September Stamp Duty cut
The Chancellor is considering raising the SDLT threshold to £300k, according to newspaper reports.
Labour pledges to close Tory non-dom ‘loopholes’ amidst wider tax avoidance crackdown
Chancellor-in-waiting Rachel Reeves has vowed to 'take on the tax dodgers because if you make your home and do your business in Britain, then you should pay your taxes here too.'
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Savills, Strutt & Parker, Halifax, Garrington, Maskells, Zoopla, Rightmove & more...
Los Angeles Times: The year of the ‘mansion tax’
12 months on, Measure ULA 'has either been a godsend or an absolute disaster, depending on who you ask,' says the LA Times.
MPs explore ways to improve the home buying & selling process
Clive Betts is leading a short cross-party inquiry on how the property market works - which is open to written submissions from the industry.
Real Estate Legal Digest: An essential guide to the latest developments shaping the UK property market
Stay abreast of the key policies & issues affecting the sector with PrimeResi's regular legal briefing, prepared by Boodle Hatfield's team of experts
Gove’s leasehold reform plan ‘quietly crumbles’
The Housing Ministry is said to be facing 'fierce resistance from the Treasury' over a proposal to set ground rents at peppercorn rates.
Lords urge government to ‘get on with’ regulation of estate agents
'The impact of poor regulation is being felt by tenants and leaseholders, and the sector has been left in limbo,' Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Chair of the House of Lords Industry & Regulators Committee,…
Property industry reactions: BoE holds interest rates at 5.25% for fifth time
'Monetary policy will need to remain restrictive for sufficiently long to return inflation to the 2% target sustainably,' says the Monetary Policy Committee, but many prime resi pundits expect interest…
Government cracks down on long-term empty homes
100% council tax premium will come into force on 1st April.
Land Registry seeks views on ‘unnecessarily complex’ fee structure
The official register of land ownership in England & Wales says its fee & charging structure 'hasn’t been significantly revised since the organisation’s inception in 1862.'