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Buy-to-let SDLT surcharge ‘equivalent to 11 months income’ for landlords
The new 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes and buy-to-lets "would be the equivalent to 11 months income for the average mortgaged landlord" says Countrywide Plc.
Well Healed: West End schemes launch world’s first ‘health concierge’
Qube Leasehold Property Management, which looks after both Fitzroy Place in Fitzrovia and The Chilterns in Marylebone, has signed a deal with The Health Concierge in what's being billed as a resi world-first.
Smallest December asking price dip since 2006
Rightmove's latest monthly check has shown a 1.1% dip in the asking prices of new properties being listed across England & Wales, the lowest December fall seen since 2006.
Councils rally against Bishopsgate Goodsyard proposals
Tower Hamlets and Hackney have dealt Hammerson and Ballymore's controversial Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme a hefty one-two by simultaneously rejecting the latest proposals.
‘30,000 new-build homes to flood the London market’ as foreign buyers head for the exit
The "large volume" of new-build stock currently flowing onto the off-plan sales market in London could turn into a flood next year, according to Cluttons.
‘Shocking’ lack of knowledge about leases is a ‘ticking time bomb’
A law firm has warned of a "shocking" lack of knowledge about how leases work and the consequences of failing to extend, after carrying out a major survey of UK property owners.
(Empty) Miami Beach plot goes for £25m
One of the last undeveloped plots on Miami Beach has just been sold for an incredible $38.5m (£25.3m).
At A Glance: How the micro-markets of London have performed this year
This handy top-line comparison of the capital's key neighbourhoods deserves to be made into some kind of poster.
Galliard scores planning for stadium-led scheme in Wimbledon
Galliard Homes has netted planning permission for a major regeneration scheme in Wimbledon, south west London.
Crown Estate slams £800m of empty homes ‘myth’
The Crown Estate has come out swinging against recent reports that it's sitting on £800m of vacant London sites.
In Pictures: London’s best new extensions
The 33 best residential extensions in London - ranging from a "floating" writer’s hut in Enfield to a lantern-like extension in Richmond - have been named by New London Architecture (NLA) as the shortlist…
London ‘at risk of being irrevocably damaged’ by raft of new towers
Historic England has decided to update its advice on the planning and design of tall buildings after of a surge of new applications in the capital.