Policy
Underground Tactics: How to challenge (and defend) a basement development scheme
What can unhappy neighbours do about basement developments, and what should those doing the works be concerned about?
MPs call for more sanctions against Russian oligarchs to ‘close the London laundromat’
Report accuses Britain of still 'turning a blind eye' to 'dirty money' from Putin's network
Tories ‘came within a whisker’ of abolishing stamp duty
Plan to replace SDLT with CGT on all homes was due to be the centrepiece of PM May's big policy declaration last year, according to new revelations, even making it to the "last but one working draft"...
City Hall proposes new compulsory purchase powers to boost London housebuilding
The Greater London Authority has published a 96-page dossier outlining ways to improve residential development land assembly in the capital
Westminster’s voluntary taxation experiment falls flat
Three months after council launches innovative 'community contribution' scheme, new figures reveal that only 2% of high-end homeowners have actually put their hands in their pockets...
It is time to hand the housing crisis over to the professionals
The UK's property industry has the depth of talent to turn decades of underinvestment and policy neglect around, but only if given the power to do so, says Alexander Lewis...
Tories hold RBKC but lose Richmond to Lib Dems
Not many dramatic changes in 2018's local elections
Tenant Fees Bill starts its journey through Parliament
The Bill will come into law next year
RICS should ‘reconsider’ its guidance on resi development viability valuations, says High Court judge
Planning law experts Landmark Chambers walk us through an important judgment on viability and affordable housing in London
Australia, Norway & Sweden offer lessons for high quality residential development in the UK, says Government
How homes look should be just as important as how many are delivered, say Ministers at the Design Quality Conference
BBC exposes Ukrainian gangsters using PCL properties to launder ‘dirty money’
Panorama flags eight resi property deals in Knightsbridge, Kensington, Marylebone & Battersea with alleged links to 'dirty money' & Ukrainian gangsters
Westminster faces more tough questions over links with developers
'Ousted' councillors accuse troubled Tory-led council of more planning shenanigans