Policy
Blue Skies: London property surges as Cameron locks out the Mansion Tax
We now have a dominant Conservative Party for the next five years, which should put Mansion Tax fears on ice for now at least, and drive a surge of activity at the top of the market, where many vendors a…
‘The property market in London will now go crazy’ – and other prime resi reactions to a Conservative triumph
The Conservatives will be the power party for the next five years, and they've even got a fully-fledged majority government.
Search for new Ombudsman gets underway as Hamer announces retirement
Christopher Hamer, better known as The Property Ombudsman, has announced he'll be stepping down at the end of the year.
Election Special: The prime property industry holds its breath
We don't need Jon Snow to tell us which way the property industry's election swingometer is headed; the consequences of a Labour victory have been described in some quarters as anything from "destructive" to…
Bricking It: Election outcomes & the UK property market
Cutting through the proverbial, Beauchamp Estates has distilled the four most probable scenarios we can expect to see emerge from Thursday's General Election, and predicted how each will impact the UK…
Duty Bound: On the aftermath of Osborne’s SDLT reforms
Historically, SDLT rate changes have corrected themselves in the market through a natural process of adjustment; this hasn’t happened in this instance as a result of the approaching general election, n…
Ale Be Back: Demolished Maida Vale pub to be rebuilt?
Westminster is considering issuing an unprecedented enforcement notice that would require the recreation of a demolished pub "in facsimile" within 18 months.
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In Recent Proposals: Notable small-scale planning applications
It’s not nosey.
A Vote of Consequence: General Election outcomes and the UK housing market
Becky Fatemi of top-end agency Rokstone takes a look at how the results of next month's General Election could impact on new development, affordability and prices...
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Election ‘sweeteners’ could fundamentally change the UK housing market
Edward Burton looks back on a week of extravagant promises and headline-grabbing announcements, including that worrying mention of an additional rate of SDLT for foreign buyers...
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Labour pledges on rent controls, letting agent fees and stamp duty
If Labour gets into power after the General Election, Ed Miliband has pledged to cap rents so they can't rise by more than the rate of inflation over the course of a three-year tenancy.
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Abrahmsohn: Labour is exhibiting a patent lack of understanding of the rental sector
Ed Miliband's latest proposals are yet another example of the shadow government’s insatiable appetite for government interference in markets, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
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