Policy
Short-let shock as Paris tenant forced to hand over €46k in Airbnb income
Record penalty handed down after owner finds her apartment had been sublet on Airbnb since 2011;
Flag It Up: Government extends ‘dirty money’ campaign to target estate agents
Tie-up with the RICS and the NAEA aims to 'help agents spot the signs of money laundering and reinforce their legal and moral obligations to report suspicious activity'
Coastal homes & communities could be swamped by rising sea levels within 80 years
A one-metre increase in sea levels could happen within a generation, warns the Committee on Climate Change, putting millions of homes at risk and wiping out many of Britain's most coveted waterfront locations…
Westminster backs planning ‘shake-up’
'We want a bottom up and not top down system', says council as it prepares to publish a new City Plan
Budget Wishlist: Surveyors lobby to ‘put the built environment at the heart’ of the Budget
"This could be the most complicated challenge faced by any Chancellor since the 2008 financial crash," says the RICS, as it outlines an eight-point plan to "put the built environment at the heart" of this…
Construction & EU Procurement in No-Deal Brexit: Has the government provided clarity?
With just a few months to go until Brexit Day, the UK's construction and consultancy businesses remain in the dark on several crucial matters, say Kathrine Eddon & Michelle Essen
Hammond eyes landowner profits in affordable housing drive
Is a Budget bombshell on the cards for Monday?
Talking Heads: Labour, Corbyn & the UK property market
Some of the top acquisition, sales, development, and finance specialists in the land share their thoughts on what a British Government led by Jeremy Corbyn could mean for the residential property sector...
Is prime London property over-taxed compared to other world cities?
Despite recent stamp duty hikes, the UK capital sits mid-table when you look beyond the purchase price, notes Savills
RBKC pushes for viability transparency with ‘radical’ new proposals
Firms claiming their profits are commercially confidential is "b******s", says deputy leader Kim Taylor-Smith
Government moves to ‘end the unjustified selling of new houses as leasehold’
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has launched a technical consultation into leasehold reforms, proposing that new lease ground rents be capped at just £10
Lord Best to lead probe into estate agency regulation & mandatory qualifications
Government follows up on plans "to raise standards across the property agent sector" with a new Working Group of industry experts