Policy

There's a definite sense of anti-climax around these parts, even though no-one was expecting much to start with. Here's what the prime resi community thinks of today's Budget announcements..

Cutting VAT on housing renovations and repairs could generate a £15.

The European Commission has given the UK government more than a friendly nudge to start tackling the country's housing shortage, by penalising the owners of empty homes and making better use of development l…

"Planning should not be the exclusive preserve of lawyers, developers or town hall officials," pronounces the Planning Minister Nick Boles in a statement of intent for the planning process.

The RICS has helpfully offered to help the Chancellor out with the drafting of his Budget speech on 19th March, submitting a series of policy "asks" that its members would be happy to hear and that might…

Mayor Boris Johnson: "If you compared with a Russian oligarch is paying on his stuccoed schloss in Kensington in annual council tax compared to what such a gentleman might be asked to pay in Paris or New…

You don't often hear "celebrity hairdresser" and "local government" in the same sentence, but one SW3-based coiffologist has made it happen by decided to take on the Conservative-heavy Kensington & Chelsea…

Hamptons International has been checking levels of pent-up demand across the country, in a bid to find out which areas have the most potential to soar as the country's housing market continues its recovery

Reacting to the Bank of England's February Inflation Report, released today, Jones Lang LaSalle has praised the Government for "sticking to a bold plan that appears to have worked," as signs of liquidity…

Last week, a leading think tank pitched the idea of setting up a “non-resident housing investment agency” to limit property purchases by wealthy foreign buyers and keep a lid on the capital’s house price…

Planning Minister Nick Boles has comes out swinging against local authorities that have "an irrational objection" to office-to-resi permitted development rights

Rather than complaining and propagating the confiscation of empty homes, commentators should be applying their energies to making the planning process efficient, less political and more productive, says…