Miscellanea
New home for RICS Wales
RICS Wales has moved to a bigger, more central new location in Cardiff
HS2-affected homeowners “may be trapped for 15 years”
With two judicial reviews against the planned high speed link between London and Birmingham set to begin in the High Court, HS2 Action Alliance (HS2AA) has claimed that of the 170,000 plus households b…
London’s expanding commuter belt
London's commuter belt has long been a key driver of property prices in the home counties, but the belt has been spreading like a New Yorker's waistline over the last decade
Lib Dem plans to ban central London second homes “foolish”
Lib Dem proposals to ban the purchase of second homes in central london have been lampooned by CBRE
Big Debate backs high speed rail network
The Planning Summer School's Big Debate came out strongly in favour of not just HS2 between London and Birmingham, but also HS3 and HS4
Foxtons plans to triple branch numbers
After stellar performance in 2011, Foxtons has threatened to triple its number of branches in London from 37 to 100.
2011 saw the firm sell over £2bn of property, generating a 12.8
HS2: property compensation decisions pushed back to September
The Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening, has announced that no decisions will be made on any compensation due to owners of properties affected by the HS2 scheme from London to Birmingham…
The 5% Campaign: Heritage Tax protesters battle on
The Government missed a "golden opportunity" to create jobs and stimulate the economy when it decided to start charging VAT on repair works to listed buildings, claim RICS
Families return to prime rental market
Family demand is finally returning to prime areas according to the latest analysis from Savills
Stop the heritage tax: open letter to Osborne
Fifteen heritage organisations, including The Listed Property Owners Club, the Historic Houses Association and the Federation of Master Builders, have penned an open letter to the Chancellor as part of…
Savills triumphs again
Savills has once again secured its position as the UK’s number one property services firm by turnover, in Property Week’s annual survey of property advisors, for the ninth consecutive year and since the…
Call for listed building tax u-turn gathers momentum
A fleet of heritage and professional organisations including Master Builders and listed property owners are campaigning to make the government scrap the 20 per cent VAT for work on listed building that…