Policy
Plans go in for Claridge’s mega-basement
Neighbours consulted about five-storey, 1,800 square metre extension, but what will Westminster's new 'sub squad' say?
Transaction taxes are now too high – Berkeley
Restricting mobility in the second hand market and the delivery of new homes, says giant housebuilder
The Basement Tax: Westminster brings in new levy on subterranean developments
Council to charge average of £8k on subterranean projects to pay for new 'sub squad'
Why London won’t lose its crown as Europe’s financial capital
UK capital will remain Europe’s main financial centre argues the LSE's Simeon Djankov
Significant changes to buy-to-let taxation mooted by the back door
New clauses have been added to the Finance Bill 2016
‘Game-changing’ offshore data opens UK tax avoiders to ‘tough new sanctions’
HMRC is getting wide-ranging access to account-holder information from the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories from October
Vancouver just hit foreign buyers with a new tax; here’s what happened next…
Locals and foreigners alike have "stopped pursuing deals" as the market reacts to the levy
Agents appointed on ‘£200m’ London jail sale
Bilfinger GVA has bagged the contract to oversee the disposal of one of the capital's biggest development opportunities
Mayor Khan rolls out ‘Homes for Londoners’ team to look at developers’ viability assessments
New Homes for Londoners governance board will meet quarterly
Treasury pushes on with plan to abolish non-dom status and charge IHT on enveloped property
The government is pushing ahead with reforms to non-dom tax policy initially announced in George Osborne's Summer 2015 Budget, launching another consultation despite some mutterings that it might all…
Why the UK’s planning process needs a root and branch reform
As new figures reveal the shocking extent of application delays, Trevor Abrahmsohn pleads with the new housing minister to sort out the UK's chaotic local authority planning departments and start…
On The Records: ‘Private & Confidential’ Land Registry applications to face delays
From 30th August, "the priority of your postal applications and correspondence may be affected if you mark them as 'Private and Confidential'