Policy
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...
£300m? That wouldn’t even pay for a new NHS logo!
Going by Ed Balls' latest figures, it's unlikely that the proceeds raised from a Mansion Tax would make any meaningful contribution to an organisation that requires £100 billion a year to run, says Trevo…
JLL backs new top council tax band
JLL, which recently teamed up with WA Ellis, has come out swinging at Labour's latest plans for a Mansion Tax, choosing to back the Lib Dem's modified version - a "pragmatic and deliverable" new top Council …
Required Reading: Second home ownership and the EU’s new succession rules
Ten years in the making, a fundamental shift to succession rules in most EU countries will come into force next year
Entry-level mansion-dwellers would pay £250 per month – Balls
Ed Balls has detailed just how Labour's Mansion Tax would work, should the party get lucky in May
Be Careful What You Wish For: The reality of a ‘dampened’ property market
With Carney in a bugger's muddle over interest rates, let's hope 'the medicine does not kill the patient’, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
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BoJo: We can deliver 500,000 new homes for London within the next ten years
Boris Johnson has kicked off the inaugural MIPIM UK conference with a rabble-rousing keynote speech, criticising the 'xenophobic left-wing commentators' calling for a clampdown on overseas investment.
The top ten risks to the UK’s residential property market, ranked and rated
Knight Frank has qualified it's 2015 and five year market forecasts (read all about them here) by issuing a breakdown of risk profiles and scenarios.
Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax: A worrying precedent?
The LBTT could represent a worrying precedent for any possible future reform of SDLT in England and Wales, says Edward Burton...
RBKC planning chief to retire
RBKC's Executive Director for Planning and Borough Development has announced his retirement.
Boris and the BPF lobby to keep office-to-resi out of central London
"More high value residential property in central London could upset balance," argues Boris Johnson as the Mayor of London, the British Property Federation, Planning Officers Society London and London F…