Policy
In or Out: Two post-Referendum scenarios for the prime London property sector
Nobody really know what the fallout of a Brexit would be, but it's pretty clear that a vote to leave the EU would create a markedly different economic landscape in prime central London compared to a Remain…
Conveyancers form committee to deliver industry consensus on improving the home buying process
The Conveyancing Association, a trade body for the conveyancing industry, has decided to form a Working Group to come up with its response to the forthcoming Call for Evidence on the home buying process fr…
Khan slams BoJo’s ‘toothless’ Concordat
London's new mayor has laid into his predecessor's efforts at preventing the capital's homes from being snapped up by foreign investors, dismissing BoJo's flagship initiative as "embarrassing" and a "c…
At-A-Glance: A chronology of UK property tax tinkering
The slew of recent changes plotted on helpful chronology
Title Fights: Understanding squatters’ rights (or wrongs)
A recent case involving squatters' rights has cut right to the heart of the historic basis of land ownership, exposing the lack of clarity around this area of law. K
Hit super-rich with ‘one-off’ wealth tax says think tank
Left-leaning think tank The Fabian Society has put forward the idea of a "one-off wealth tax", designed to tap up long-term residents of the UK with £10m+ in assets.
Mapped: London’s burgeoning prime resi pipeline
After a 40% surge in the last year alone, a total of 35,000 prime homes are now due to be built in the capital over the next decade, with a combined floor area the size of the City of London and a sal…
Courts uphold Berlin’s short-let ban
Late last year, Berlin made the vast majority of Airbnb-style short-let rentals illegal
Relativity and Leasehold Enfranchisement: The new Savills graph and how it works
In the wake of the Upper Tribunal's landmark decision on relativity and leasehold enfranchisement - which could have a significant effect on values of short leases - Savills has launched its official …
LonRes launches agent-to-agent anti-money laundering service
INTERVIEW: LonRes' Anthony Payne gives PrimeResi the lowdown on brand new agent-to-agent anti-money laundering compliance service, ResCheck...
Treasury coffers boosted by ATED hike
A 50% jump has been recorded in tax revenues from resi properties owned by offshore companies, after the government ramped up the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED).
Mayor Khan pursues ‘more control’ over office-to-resi conversions
New figures from City Hall show that since 2013, around 1.5 million square metres of office space could have already been converted into residential units in London using permitted development rights