Policy
‘Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a year’
Ranked: The Conservative Party's biggest donors from the property sector
Watch: Savills, Black Brick & Maurice Turnor Gardner on the resi market’s ‘summer boom’
Latest FORA webinar features ground-level insight from Savills’ head of prime resi Lindsay Cuthill, Black Brick boss Camilla Dell & MTG’s head of real estate Sarah Conway
RBKC looks to spend £3m of developers’ cash
Council invites applications from residents and local groups after building up a chunky funding pot from the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy
NAEA boss warns ‘Covid fatigue’ could force another property market lockdown
"If the sector is seen to be abusing the safety rules, the Government has the right to withdraw its consent to keep the housing market open," warns Mark Hayward, Chief Executive of the National Association…
Government outlines package of measures to boost post-Covid construction
Housing minister Robert Jenrick promises an extension of planning permission deadlines, speedier planning appeals, and relaxed restrictions on construction site working hours;
£4.4bn of Scottish property owned by offshore firms
Scotland is losing out on tax revenue as a result, say campaign groups
Academics recommend minimum tax rate for UK’s richest
UK government could raise £11bn a year by switching to a US-style system, according to new analysis out of LSE & Warwick
Government relaxes stamp duty refund rules after market freeze
Official SDLT guidance changed to allow refund claims on 3% surcharge beyond the standard three-year limit
Major visa shift could open the door to UK citizenship for hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers
One of the “biggest changes in our visa system in British history” could drive a surge in demand for UK property from Hong Kong residents, as they look to flee more authoritarian rule.
Get cracking if you want to build big in Westminster…
There's only a narrow window of opportunity to submit an application and have it determined under the existing City Plan, warn agents and architects
Former Housing Minister Mark Prisk on political football, Stamp Duty & the Chancellor’s challenge
Interview: Government should tackle the issue of stamp duty for "last-time movers", former Housing Minister Mark Prisk tells Knight Frank's Tom Bill.