Policy
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
Councils are ‘sitting on’ £375m of unspent s106 payments
Affordable housing starts in London have 'miraculously' doubled, but many Council are 'sitting on' hundreds of millions of pounds paid by property developers to fund affordable homes
‘Non-banks are the new normal’ for SME housebuilding finance
LendInvest outlines three finance-based proposals that might help smaller property developers to build more homes
New CGT rules ‘could create a cashflow & compliance nightmare’ for property owners
HMRC proposes a 30-day payment window for Capital Gains Tax payments, and more admin
Online-only agents increase market share – TwentyCi
Exchanges up 11% in Q1, according to consumer intelligence firm...
Londoners paid four times more stamp duty than the national average last year
The most expensive 10% of properties contributed around 60% of all Stamp Duty receipts last year, reports LCP
Industry Reactions: Government plans to professionalise the estate agency sector
'All estate agents should welcome the new Government measures to professionalise the estate agency industry'
Government makes a major move to ‘professionalise’ the estate agency industry
Sajid Javid announces a plan to introduce mandatory qualifications for estate agents, bringing the profession in line with conveyancers, solicitors and surveyors
Why is the government sidelining SMEs in the battle to build more homes?
In almost every other sector apart from construction, nimble and hungry start-ups have provided the ideas and talent to drive growth, says Adam Hesse...