Policy
International commercial property measurement standard published (and resi’s next)
After 18 months of toil by a group of measurement experts, including two global public consultations and a mind-numbing 85 drafts, the first international property measurement standard was published t…
Chelsea Crossrail station ‘still on track’ as safeguarding plans updated
It looks like the King's Road option, rather than the World's End, is the front-runner for the location of a new Crossrail 2 station in Chelsea
Permitted Development Rights fails to deliver as policy deadline looms
Less than 6% of homes approved through Permitted Development Rights in major London schemes of 20 units or more have actually been delivered, according to some startling new findings.
A potted history of the mansion tax in quotes (2009-2015)
The idea of a Mansion Tax has been knocking around Westminster with intent for over five years now, since Vince Cable brewed up a scheme in 2009 to make taxation more fair...
Abrahmsohn on the year that was (and the ‘black cloud’ hanging over 2015)
Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn makes sense of a rollercoaster year in the prime property market, and reveals his much-anticipated predictions for 2015...
This year has been divided into a number of segments.
Crunch Time: Inside the skills shortage threatening PCL’s future growth
Nowhere is the construction skills shortage being felt more keenly than in London's prime resi sector. Build costs are rising, projects are stalling and in some cases, not even starting.
Cornish resort to ban new holiday homes?
St Ives, the properly lovely artists' retreat / fishing town / home of a Tate in Cornwall, is drawing up plans that might stop the construction of any new holiday homes
RBKC dishes out record number of planning enforcement notices
RBKC's Planning Enforcement Team has been out in force in 2014, issuing an unprecedented number of notices on developments right across the borough.
7 Solutions to the Housing Supply Conundrum: Unpicked
Delivery of more housing - ideally something close to a quarter of a million new homes a year - is topping out many agendas as May's electioneering gathers pace.
Required Reading: High value residential property and the Immigration Act
The requirement for landlords to undertake immigration checks presents a number of practical points that will have particular relevance to high value resi lettings, says Jane Reyersbach...
Carrington: It could be a long winter for the resi sales market
Currently, none of the main political parties have a coherent strategy, and this uncertainty is not helping the market at all, says Lonres Chairman William Carrington..
Mead: Political posturing now causing ‘huge losses’
Most of the industry's biggest hitters have come out swinging against Labour's latest Mansion Tax proposals. Here's two of the most compelling - and quotable - arguments...