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Why London’s strict diet makes for a healthier market
Those coming to market are more qualified, needs based and buying for the longer term, which all makes for a considerably healthier, more balanced marketplace, says Guy Meacock...
The Homes Front: Problems & policies of the UK housing market
Charging Capital Gains Tax on homes would be a significant improvement on the current stamp duty regime, argues the National Institute of Economic & Social Research's Dr Angus Armstrong in a thorough…
The Consultation is Over: A view of the London property market post-April
As the Government decides whether to press on with the proposals announced in November's Autumn Statement, David Hannah paints a bleak picture of the capital under the cosh of higher stamp duty costs...
Natural Order: The application of Feng Shui in contemporary landscape design
Rather than applying a blanket formula, a respect for, and sensitive application of, Feng Shui in a garden will allow for statements and mantras that hold personal meaning for individuals, says landscape…
Why a year of no growth would be better for the market
LonRes Chairman William Carrington cautions against the expectation of a resumption of price rises...
The Gilded Youth: Attracting the next generation of wealth
The market moved away from typecasting the buyer as being a particular nationality some time ago and we can now add age into the mix, says Joe Burns.
INTERVIEW: Mark Pollack of Aston Chase on being agents of prime property
Co-founded one of London's top agencies 30 years ago
Three decades of decadent design in ten projects: A David Collins Studio retrospective
Ten of the celebrated studio’s top residential design projects...
Mayfair & St James’s: The prime resi revival of London’s luxury epicentre
As the prime central London is stifled by higher SDLT rates for high-value residential transactions - with deal numbers tumbling by 19.
INTERVIEW: David Wolff on the architecture of super-prime
The man behind some of London's most ambitious and successful resi projects
Crystal Balls 2016: Prime property pundits’ predictions for the year ahead
It's been a tough 12 months for the high-value residential property industry, with a General Election cleaving the year in two, fallout from a major overhaul of the stamp duty system quashing activity,…
Case Study: A classically-themed reinvention on Chesham Place
Behind the scenes of a highly successful project in Belgravia