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Infography: PCL property has outperformed other assets over the last 30 years
A £100 investment in PCL property in 1989 would now be worth £575, according to Knight Frank's sums, while the same stake in the FTSE 100 or Gold would be worth £351 and £338 respectively
In Pictures: Hidden Scandi-style mews houses with ‘invisible kerb appeal’
Developer City & Docklands has delivered a pair of low-profile high-spec contemporary mews houses on Abbey Road, which are 'naturally unseen' by passers-by
Zoopla ramps up exec team with six new hires
Former Microsoft and Photobox man David Wascha joins PropTech conglomerate Zoopla as Chief Product & Technology Officer;
In Pictures: Martin’s mixed-use transformation of Islington’s Old Sorting House
Martin's Properties has converted a former Royal Mail building in N1 into high-spec office space plus two apartments
‘Dramatic’ CGT change could impact the resi market, warns law firm
Second home owners, landlords and property investors will have much less time to pay their tax bills as of April next year, notes Royds Withy King, and many may well be tempted to offload any surplus…
South Ken property raffle falls flat
A £2m apartment opposite the Science Museum sold just £227,500-worth of raffle tickets; a winning ticket-holder has been given £53,500 instead of the two-bedroom property
Developer launches £165m ‘eco-chic’ tower in Dubai to London buyers
Sobha's 24-storey One Park Avenue in Sobha Hartland has been designed by in-house architecture and interiors teams
Online firms lose ground to high street agents
The UK's top ten online players accounted for less than 4% of all new properties listed in the last fortnight, notes The Advisory
Grand Registry: Surveying last month’s biggest registered deals
Notable sales were recorded by the Land Registry at Holland Park Villas, One Blackfriars and in Regent's Park in May, while the total number of registrations rose significantly on the previous month
Boris plots emergency Budget to ‘slash stamp duty’
Controversial Prime Ministerial hopeful Boris Johnson would instigate 'aggressive tax cuts, an overhaul of stamp duty and an assault on regulation' in a bid to mitigate effects of a no-deal Brexit, reports…
£1m+ property sales stall after a decade of growth
Just 1% more £1m+ homes were sold in 2018 compared to 2017, ending a ten-year run of growth that saw the number of seven-figure deals escalate by 194%
Leaseholds axed for new-build homes
All new-build houses will have to be sold as freehold, following a self-declared 'bold move' by the Government