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Transaction levels hold steady
The number of property transactions recorded by HMRC stuck at around the same level for the end of last year, with December posting roughly the same as in November, and 0.4% fewer deals than in 2014.
New Scottish property tax bands hit the prime market, but create ‘more winners than losers’
Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney has set out the new-look detail for the new Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), which is lined up to replace SDLT in Scotland from April this year.
Broker Homes: More developers turning to brokers to source finance
88% of development finance brokers are reporting that developers have approached them in the last 12 months because they had been refused funding from the lender with which they would usually work, says…
New operator to ‘take the Planning Portal to the next level’
Land referencing firm TerraQuest has been appointed as the preferred bidder to take over the running of the Planning Portal, with plans to "take the Portal to the next level".
Pricey Comparison: The world’s most unaffordable property markets
Hong Kong is the world's least affordable place to buy a home - with median house prices coming in at 17 times the median income - while the UK's overall multiple is a - relatively - benign 4.7.
$100m One57 penthouse sets new Manhattan price record
An 11,000 square foot apartment on the 89th and 90th floors of the One57 development on 57th Street has been crowned "Manhattan's Most Expensive Condo" after officially closing for $100.5m.
Unlawful renovations land Hampstead homeowner with massive fine
The owner of a £4m house in Hampstead Garden Suburb has been hit with one of the biggest fines ever handed out for unlawful renovations to a listed building.
Hong Kong: Where property prices are as high as the buildings
Who'd pay Knightsbridge prices for Elephant & Castle living? That's exactly what buyers in Hong Kong are doing, says an incredulous Alan Page from over yonder.
Former D&G boss to lead Lomond Capital’s charge south
Ivor Dickinson joins Northern property investment firm with Southern ambitions
Fashion tycoon’s new mansion ruffles feathers in Wiltshire
The construction of a new nine bedroom mansion has caused a right old fuss in sleepy Ramsbury, with two tycoons seemingly at war over scuppered pheasant shoots and plots to pop off some "monotonous" poplars.
Attack the Block: Planners turn off Kensington Odeon scheme
There's been a big twist in the ongoing plot to redevelop Kensington High Street's Odeon cinema.
Swiss Please: Currency windfall drives ‘overnight’ surge of investors to London
Last week's surprise removal of the EURCHF floor and another cut in the deposit rate has already driven a surge of enquiries from Switzerland's wealthocracy looking to shift assets to Blighty, say property…