Policy
Eurnope: UK votes for Brexit from the EU and Cameron resigns
The Great British Electorate has voted - just - to leave the EU, ushering in a new political and economic landscape - and goaded the Prime Minster into quitting.
Conveyancers form committee to deliver industry consensus on improving the home buying process
The Conveyancing Association, a trade body for the conveyancing industry, has decided to form a Working Group to come up with its response to the forthcoming Call for Evidence on the home buying process…
Staytus Quo, or Brexit, pursued by a bear market
A last-minute surge in confidence amongst betting types that Britain will keep its head and vote Remain saw the odds of a Brexit drop to 24% at leading bookmakers and sterling start a semi-dramatic rally…
In or Out: Two post-Referendum scenarios for the prime London property sector
Nobody really know what the fallout of a Brexit would be, but it's pretty clear that a vote to leave the EU would create a markedly different economic landscape in prime central London compared to a Remain…
Khan slams BoJo’s ‘toothless’ Concordat
London's new mayor has laid into his predecessor's efforts at preventing the capital's homes from being snapped up by foreign investors, dismissing BoJo's flagship initiative as "embarrassing" and…
At-A-Glance: A chronology of UK property tax tinkering
The slew of recent changes plotted on helpful chronology
Title Fights: Understanding squatters’ rights (or wrongs)
A recent case involving squatters' rights has cut right to the heart of the historic basis of land ownership, exposing the lack of clarity around this area of law.
Hit super-rich with ‘one-off’ wealth tax says think tank
Left-leaning think tank The Fabian Society has put forward the idea of a "one-off wealth tax", designed to tap up long-term residents of the UK with £10m+ in assets.
Mapped: London’s burgeoning prime resi pipeline
After a 40% surge in the last year alone, a total of 35,000 prime homes are now due to be built in the capital over the next decade, with a combined floor area the size of the City of London and a…
Courts uphold Berlin’s short-let ban
Late last year, Berlin made the vast majority of Airbnb-style short-let rentals illegal.
Relativity and Leasehold Enfranchisement: The new Savills graph and how it works
In the wake of the Upper Tribunal's landmark decision on relativity and leasehold enfranchisement - which could have a significant effect on values of short leases - Savills has launched its official…
LonRes launches agent-to-agent anti-money laundering service
INTERVIEW: LonRes' Anthony Payne gives PrimeResi the lowdown on brand new agent-to-agent anti-money laundering compliance service, ResCheck...