Miscellanea
Is compliance strangling commerce?
After a tortuous experience trying to do business with the private wealth department of a well-known clearing bank, agency boss Trevor Abrahmsohn has had it up to here with suffocating regulatory restrictions...
Billionaire Abramovich puts new Chelsea stadium project on hold
£1bn project shelved due to "unfavourable investment climate"
Property developer publishes children’s book about house-building
Taylor Wimpey's picture-book aims 'to educate children about the house building process'
Buyer Beware: Disclosure and the buying process
Homebuying horror stories and how to avoid them...
London Values: Why nothing is guaranteed
Philip Eastwood explains why you can’t be too scientific when it comes to buying property - or luxury watches...
Carter Jonas looks to diversify its Model Estate to counter market uncertainty
Carter Jonas' "model estate" - a 3,168 acre notional agricultural estate which the firm has been tracking for the past nine years - dropped in value by 1.
One in six Londoners ‘expect to leave the capital within the foreseeable future’
London 'is set to lose significant portions of its most economically productive demographic', warns Grant Thornton LLP
A quarter of domestic refurb projects go over budget
Homeowners spend an average £5,823 redecorating or remodelling a home before putting it on the market, says an insurance company
2017 was a strong year for the world’s billionaires – but not in Britain
The global billionaire population expanded by 15% in 2017, says Wealth-X, while their total wealth grew by 24% to reach a record high
Why electric cars are set to drive a quiet revolution for property prices
Savvy investors with a (very) long-term view could do well to look at properties near busy roads, says top buying agent Edward Heaton.
Ranked: The ten richest housebuilders in the UK
It's been a very good 12 months for the big players...
Homes of the Future? People expect sustainability & flexibility to be the key trends
Insurance firm looks at how people expect their homes to change over the next 5, 10 and 20 years