Policy
K&C Digs In: Eight basement developments stopped in a single day
RBKC Council is digging in over rogue basement development, slapping stop notices on eight projects in a single day on Tuesday.
Required Reading: Capital Gains Tax FAQ
The Government has issued a firm nudge to remind everyone that, from 6th April 2015, individuals, trustees, and certain companies who are not resident in the UK and sell a UK residential property need…
Budget 2015: Crib Sheet
In his sixth budget, 50 days before the general election, George Osborne's focus was unsurprisingly on economic stability, continuing to reduce the deficit and moving towards a Britain built on savings…
Budget 2015: ‘The sun is starting to shine and we are fixing the roof’
May's looking like a bit of an electoral stalemate according to most of the pollsters, so today's Budget was a splendid chance for the Chancellor to try to put some clear water between the Tories and…
Average Mansion Tax bill for £3m+ homes would be £23,775 a year – CBRE
Promises made to homeowners in the £2m-£3m bracket mean that people owning properties worth more than £3m would pay an average of £23,775 in Mansion Tax per annum, according to new research by CBRE.
Give Brits a break from the highest property taxes in the world – Leeming
The Chairman of 44-office estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff has come out swinging against politicians debating the merits of a mansion tax;
Tonic for Tomorrow: 10 steps to a healthier UK property market
A trio of big-hitters - Countrywide, Hamptons International and Lambert Smith Hampton - have strapped on their stethoscopes and come up with a treatment plan for the UK's ailing property market.
Capital Gains Tax Briefing: All change for non-resident homeowners
Geoffrey Todd and Jenny Wilson-Smith bring us up to speed on the all-new CGT rules, due to come into effect in but a few weeks' time...
British Property Federation sets out ideas to ‘turbo boost’ the property industry
The next government needs to "turbo boost" the property industry, says the British Property Federation, as it outlines a few ideas on how do just that in its new General Election Manifesto.
Come What May: Debating the politics of property
A room full of the property industry's great and good held their own mini-election in Mayfair yesterday. The result was - perhaps predictably - something of a landslide.
MPs go head to head in ‘Politics of Property’ debate
Lib Dem, Tory and Labour MPs were busy slugging it out at Mayfair's Curzon Cinema this morning in a big-name "Politics of Property" debate.
Brandon Lewis
Here Be Mansions: The top 25 locations for £2m homes
It's no surprise that prime central London is home to the majority of £2m+ residences - RBKC and Westminster account for 46% of the England and Wales total, says Knight Frank - but what about those…