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What would the UK property market be like with Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister?
Trevor Abrahmsohn doesn't think the UK's residential market would fare particularly well under a Corbyn-led government...
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Prime Property of the Week: Mews Company
Lyall Street, Belgravia
£22.5m
If it's frontage and flexibility you're after, this unique proposition in the stucco heartland of SW1X should do the trick.
Watch Where You Tread: Wooden floors and leasehold apartments
It might look great, but the potential consequences of installing wooden flooring in breach of lease can be pretty expensive. Denielle Rickman and Rachel Kerr advise on how to avoid any slip ups...
Conservation Area Checklist: How to work out if a building ‘makes a positive contribution’
It's one of the key phrases in planning speak, but how do councils decide whether or not a property makes a "positive contribution to the historic and architectural character of a conservation area"?
SDLT reforms ‘backfire’ as London investors split purchases
Buying agency Black Brick has laid into the government's decision to up stamp duty rates for high-value homes, after observing a big knock-on effect in the lower price ranges.
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Prime Property of the Week: Spirit of Scotland
Gin Head, Near North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
£3.
Immigration Bill: Why Greg Clark should let letting agents do their job
All this unpaid work is making life so tedious that it's almost not worth doing the job at all, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Dead Cats Don’t Bounce: Why the London property market lies in the doldrums
The trophy house will continue to sell but the buyer’s market has returned, says LonRes Chairman William Carrington...
Prime Property of the Week: His n’ Hers
Hyde House & Holland House, Campden Hill Road, Kensington, London
£12.75m (each)
One of the joys of London property is the variety you'll find just around the corner, or even next door.
In Recent Proposals: Notable small to medium scale residential planning applications
A whistle-stop tour through some of the more interesting proposals and projects in the planning pipeline…
‘The volume of sales for properties over £1.5m has reached a plateau’
The volume in sales for properties over £1.5m looks set to fall for the first time in two years, according to 44-branch estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff, despite year-on-year growth 36% from 2012-2014.
Prime Property of the Week: The Bond Villain’s Lair
Villa Amoras, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia
£10.6