Policy
Cameron announces a ‘dramatic shift in the housing policy of our country’
Prime Minster Cameron has announced a rejigging of affordable housing definitions today, in an effort to get more units built by incentivising developers to build more entry-level homes to buy, rather…
Cameron’s Crusade: A Eureka Moment?
David Cameron’s latest missives about kickstarting more homes in the UK could be a 'Eureka Moment', says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
You have to hand it to the man.
Mayfair & Marylebone car parks ‘concealing’ £1.3bn of prime resi development land
It's been reckoned that 18 large multi-storey car parks across Mayfair and Marylebone sit on over £1.3 billion worth of prime residential development land.
Rock star rallies against ‘basement-building b*******’
Badger-sympathising rock legend Brian May has reportedly co-founded a campaign to put the kibosh on "destructive" subterranean extensions in central London.
Stamp duty hike was ‘probably inappropriate’ says Harrods boss
The MD of Harrods reckons George Osborne's stamp duty reforms were "probably inappropriate" and sent a "worrying signal" abroad.
2% is the ‘new normal’ interest rate until 2020 – Cebr
The Centre for Economics and Business Research has pushed back its prediction for when the Bank of England will raise interest rates, to May or August next year.
Mapped: The resi towers transforming London’s skyline
"Incredibly and suddenly London’s skyline is coming of age", says JLL in a new survey of the resi structures due to change the face of the capital.
Construction activity escalates in London (but what’s happened to the planning pipeline?)
The number of units under construction in central London has hit record levels, reports JLL. The current figure of 30,700 is up 8% on H2 2014 and 18% in the last year.
Virtual Vigilantes: Architects launch a WikiLeaks for London developments
A band of architects have created a sort of WikiLeaks for London's property development scene in an effort to clean up the capital's foggy planning process and combat the rise of profit-led development.
TPO names new Property Ombudsman
Katrine Sporle CBE has been unveiled as the new Property Ombudsman.
Anti-money laundering rule change ‘crucial’ for the London market
A Marylebone-based agency has called for a fundamental change in current anti-money laundering legislation, because the government and HMRC "don't understand" how the property market works in the capital.
Australian government forces more sales in $1bn foreign investor crackdown
The Australian government's new crackdown on "illegal" overseas investors has already started snaring some pretty big fish.
Owners of residences in Sydney's exclusive Elizabeth Bay are under scrutiny