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Property industry urges ‘sensible SDLT regime’ to protect big build-to-rent investment
The Government must "protect large-scale investment in residential property from a proposed higher rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) for purchasing additional homes, or risk losing much-needed investment…
Green light for Banda’s ‘statement’ scheme in Chelsea
The Royal Borough's planners have given their approval to Banda Property's very contemporary Haptic Architects-designed project on Rawlings Street and Rosemoor Street in the heart of the Chelsea Conservation…
Mind The Gaps: London Underground Property Map 2016
Combining house prices and the tube is a surefire way to get capital-dwellers engaged, so canny old eMoov is onto a winner with its London Underground Property Map.
Record price set at Val d’Isère scheme
A boutique apartment scheme in the middle of Val d’Isère has just become the most expensive new-build project in the French Alps.
CZWG-designed show apartment unveiled at Islington Square
Sager Group and Cain Hoy have kicked off the sales push at their £400m Islington Square scheme by pulling back the curtains on the all-important show apartment.
Savills launches dedicated property service for ‘the professional sporting elite’
Savills is pitching its wares at wealthy sports stars around the world with a new dedicated team "which will offer a confidential property service to the professional sporting elite, who seek discretion,…
Scotland’s LBTT raises £34m less than predicted
Strutt & Parker has come out swinging against Scotland's Land & Building Transaction Tax, after the controversial new levy raised £34m less than predicted in the nine months to December.
Countryside Properties shoots for a £1.1bn return to the stock market
Urban regeneration specialist developer Countryside Properties has put a £1.1bn price range on its looming IPO.
King's Park in Essex, by Countryside Properties
Private Property Search expands with two new recruits
Strutt & Parker's buying agency arm, Private Property Search, has been on something of a recruitment drive recently, bringing in two well-known prime London players to join the team.
Crown Estate debuts Art Deco scheme near Regent Street
The Crown Estate's new development on the corner of Sherwood Street and Brewer Street has just hit the market, with prices starting at £1.425m.
50% of London new-builds should be affordable: Khan’s ‘firm new rules’
Labour's Mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has laid out a pledge, backed-up with "firm new rules for developers", to make 50% of new homes built on public and brownfield land across London affordable.
Paddington’s controversial ‘skinny Shard’ to be downsized
It looks like Irvine Sellar and Westminster Council have caved to widespread opposition to Renzo Piano's design for a "skinny Shard" in W2, nicknamed the "Paddington Pole", making a call to "revise the…