Policy

How does the tax burden on a $1m and a $10m second home or investment acquisition compare around the world?

In the wake of the White Paper, Trevor Abrahmsohn offers some common sense solutions to the key issues

Housing White Paper targets land-banking, promises to promote SME developers, and promotes the rental way

Proposals to get more homes built faster and to boost the private rented sector are good, but are they enough to "fix the broken housing market"?

Up by 11% in London over the last two years as homeowners look to maximise space

Conservative housing policy likely to shift tomorrow to put more emphasis on the rental sector

61 90-day orders issued since crackdown on illegal foreign ownership began in 2015

Plans to offer financial incentives to encourage people to downsize in retirement are 'politically toxic' and 'insufficient in the face of the scale of the problem', argues Stacks' chief

Unfolding events in Belgravia raise some big questions

Canadian city with a runaway property market rethinks 15% additional tax

Take rockets to £178m but is the tax fulfilling its original purpose?

Mayor says 'nothing should be ruled out when it comes to giving London a stronger voice and the tools it needs to protect jobs, wealth and prosperity'