Miscellanea
The Guardian: Gulf royals own more than £1bn of UK property via tax havens
Analysis of the new register of overseas entities 'reveals for the first time how the Gulf royals have used offshore jurisdictions to expand their UK property holdings'
Required Reading: Japanese knotweed & the law
As the number of legal cases involving Japanese knotweed continue to rise, Rachel Redwood explains how a vendor in SW London has ended up facing a bill of £200k, and what buyers and sellers need to kn…
Former Housing Secretaries back report ‘demolishing housing market myths’
Former housing policy-makers Sajid Javid, Simon Clarke, Brandon Lewis and Kit Malthouse agree that housebuilding policies have not been good enough.
‘Time to tax the rich’: Campaigners pitch four proposals to curb the growing wealth divide
'Greater taxation of rich people is not the only answer to the inequality crisis, but it is a fundamental part of it,' says Oxfam
Bidwells makes raft of promotions
The property consultancy has made 30 promotions, including four new Equity Partners.
Net Zero Review proposes three steps to deliver ‘cleaner, cheaper, greener homes’
Chris Skidmore's Net Zero Review zeroes-in on the need to ramp up energy efficiency across Britain's housing stock - but falls short of providing practical help for property owners.
Agents gear up for 2,500km charity cycle challenge
Competitors from Knight Frank, Savills, JLL and CBRE are aiming to raise £25k for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, a charity fighting Motor Neuron Disease
Philip Harvey: It is time for a grown-up conversation about decarbonising the UK’s housing stock
The British public is 'simply not engaged' with the necessity of cutting domestic carbon emissions, says top buying agent Philip Harvey - but there are opportunities for businesses and home-owners who…
Five lessons the pandemic taught us about ending homelessness permanently
'The combination of the right political will and funding shows us that street homelessness can be all but eliminated very quickly'
Billionaire Ambitions 2022: Six trends for the world’s wealthiest people
The world's billionaire population fell by 3% last year, according to UBS, while the UK saw a 12.5% decline.
RICS updates flooding guidance for home-owners in the face of rising extreme weather risks
'This timely guide will help homeowners prepare as best they can for extreme weather events, which unfortunately are becoming more common and severe due to climate change,' says surveyor Philip Wilbourn
Home-owner wins payout from Grosvenor over ‘pimps ruining Mayfair’
The Duke of Westminster's property company has reportedly been fined for not doing enough to prevent antisocial behaviour in Mayfair.