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Taxing the profit made by selling a primary residence makes sense
"This will be hugely politically unpopular, until it becomes obvious that the housing market is entrenching intergenerational inequality and ossifying the economy"
The real problem with stamp duty
"The Anti-Stampers’ case is compelling, but the challenge is finding a replacement that people will not hate just as much", writes Nathan Brooker in this piece for the FT...
Wealth taxes are back in fashion – but they’re still a terrible idea
'There is simply no escaping the fact that wealth is far more difficult to tax than income,' argues Jan Zeber in The Spectator.
Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich
The Guardian's architecture critic Oliver Wainwright rails against esoteric planning rules that have allowed 'a new breed of needle-like tower' to punch through the New York skyline.
The Presidents Club investigation: one year on
Has anything changed since the FT’s sexual harassment exposé?
Why the housing ladder doesn’t exist any more
The FT's Thomas Hale has written an interesting piece (with lots of sums), arguing that the traditional lifetime escalation from a first-time buyer's flat to a family-sized house is now 'a myth that young…
Hong Kong’s richest man forecasts a global slowdown – and warns against property speculation
South China Morning Post: If you’re going to buy a house in Hong Kong, live in it, warns tycoon Li Ka-shing
‘London’s most controversial architect’, at home with the FT
Amin Taha - of that Clerkenwell property - chats with the FT's Dominic Lutyens about 'living under threat of the wrecking ball.'
Portland Stone became the building block of London, but does it have a place in modern British architecture?
City AM's "Hot Property" Editor Melissa York explores the popularity of Portland limestone, asking whether high costs and the push for higher building density mean its days are numbered in the capital…
Will Brexit really hit house prices?
"Why should Brexit lead to a housing collapse," asks Ross Clark as he takes a bullish stance in The Spectator.
How The Modern House transformed our search for the perfect home
The Financial Times talks to Albert Hill and Matt Gibberd, founders of "editorial estate agency" The Modern House, about how they have turned an obsession with post-War architectural design into a fast-growing…
Rightmove reveals 2018’s most viewed properties
Britain's biggest property portal tells us which ten properties got the most clicks in 2018