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BoJo considers Stamp Duty liability switch to vendors
Stamp Duty should be paid by sellers, not buyers, says Prime Minister-in-waiting Boris Johnson
More sales success for Royalton on the Crown Estate
The super-prime developer's Clifton House project has been designed for 'grand scale entertaining'
In Pictures: Canary Wharf Group launches final 10 Park Drive resi units
Developer starts marketing the last 75 apartments in its Stanton Williams-designed scheme, 10 Park Drive, as Canary Wharf's new resi-led Wood Wharf neighbourhood takes shape
New leasehold sales tumble
The proportion of new homes sold as leaseholds has fallen from a peak of 15.1% in 2016, to just 4.2% in 2018
Planning win for Regal in St John’s Wood
Developer chalks up another consent opposite Lord's Cricket Ground, as planners approve the redevelopment of Dora House
‘There is a relatively high risk that the UK will experience a recession in the next few years’
Britain's recession-risk has reached a ten-year high, warns The Resolution Foundation; levels last seen in 2007, just before the global financial crash...
Winkworth expands into Suffolk with seaside branch
Estate agency's Norfolk franchisee acquires Halford Wetmore in Southwold
Bloomberg rolls out a ‘Housing Bubble Dashboard’
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden and the UK are all 'vulnerable economies to a correction in house prices', warns Bloomberg
Asking prices drop for the first time this year as properties stick on the market
'Key metrics indicate a buyers’ market in the second half of 2019,' says Rightmove, as the portal notes 'tentative signs of the market bottoming out' in London
FCO seeks designer for British ambassador’s new residence in Beijing
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office is looking to appoint a practice 'of the highest calibre' to create a 'showcase for design and products that fully reflect Britain and its values'
Buyer snaps up one of England’s great Tudor manor houses
The 'magical' Athelhampton House has changed hands for the first time in over 60 years
Cushman names new UK COO
Head of Resi Candice Matthews steps up as UK Chief Operating Officer, with Richard Pickering appointed UK Chief Strategy Officer