Miscellanea
Generosity Per Square Foot: Tax effective gifts of property to charity, explained
Over 120,000 gifts were made from more than 36,000 estates in the UK last year, with charities receiving legacy income of more than £2.
Why the UK should create a national investment bank
Columbia University's Stephany Griffith-Jones explains how creating a national investment bank could transform the UK economy, and help to end austerity
UK HPI gets official status
Land Registry quotes buying agent Henry Pryor to give credence to the official national House Price Index
42% of British buyers would consider buying a home that needed major renovation works
The appeal of project properties prevails, discovers Jackson-Stops
More than 2,000 RBKC residents are earning over £1m a year
HMRC figures show that more than one in ten of the 18,700 people in Britain earning seven figures-plus live in Kensington & Chelsea;
Airbnb and the short-term rental revolution – how English cities are suffering
As a developer in Edinburgh launches a set of luxury flats with a special preventative clause in the title deeds, and Paris mulls a complete ban, Jonathan Silver examines how the short-term rental phenomenon is…
50th deal brings up £1bn milestone for Cogress
"Disruptive" property investment startup shifted its strategy "immediately after the Brexit vote" to focus outside of prime London
Westminster’s CIL committee hands out £5m
Council invests developers' contributions on a series of community projects, including £1m on new facilities for Paddington Recreation Ground
Very first photographs of London go on show
An extraordinary set of images from Queen Victoria’s reign are being displayed in Paternoster Square this weekend, from the first known photograph of the capital to the opening of Blackwall Tunnel, taking…
Luxury agency connects via WhatsApp
Quintessentially Estates rolls out high-end platform with instant messaging functionality as clients increasingly eschew emails and calls
Book Now: ‘All Around is Fairy Ground’ – Repton and the Regency Garden
Georgian Group lecture will trace the great landscape architect's designs from their Picturesque beginnings to the progressive Gardenesque style
Battersea heliport is a ‘blight on residents’ lives’
Hundreds, if not thousands of homeowners living close to the Thames are routinely subjected to noise disturbance that exceeds WHO recommended limits, according to a "groundbreaking" new study