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‘This is a tax raid’: High earners should check pension plans before this month’s Spending Review
Britain’s higher earners should consider reviewing their pension tax relief strategy “sooner rather than later”, warns deVere Group's CEO Nigel Green, as Chancellor George prepares to wield a sharp…
Practical Makes Perfect: The rise of property management
What do you do if your pool springs a leak in the middle of the night? Or if your tenant doesn’t understand the latest tablet controlled lighting?
Carrington on Q3: A vendor should not expect to see a 10% annual appreciation on their asset any more
The old argument of prevailing market conditions just being the natural forces of supply and demand doesn’t wash when the outlier that is the massive influx of overseas investment tips rising house prices…
How to achieve guide price in a buyers’ market
In what is seen by many as a buyers’ market, it can seem like a tough challenge to achieve the guide price.
Heavy Duty: How the new SDLT system stuffed both ends of the market
The new SDLT regime is creating a boom and a bust at one end of the scale whilst raising less money for the government at the other; not such a clever move, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Prime Property of the Week: Mayfair Life
Charles Street, Mayfair
£22.5m
The resurgence of Mayfair as a residential power player has been one of the big PCL trends of the last decade.
Snap Unhappy: Why I wish I’d snapped up an old photography studio
Alan Page reminisces about the property's former charms...
Office-to-Resi Rights: Boom or bust for developers?
In the wake of last week's big announcement by David Cameron, James Lawrence talks us through the real implications of office-to-resi permitted development rights becoming permanent...
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement 2015: A Wish List
Trevor Abrahmsohn offers up a remedy for the 'lose-lose situation' of tumbling transactions and tax take in the capital, as he puts in a few early requests to No. 11...
Deal Breakers: Is prime Surrey facing a perfect storm?
Given the torrent of recent policy changes aimed at the top of the market, it's surprising there are any overseas buyers left in Surrey, says Tim Firth...
Has the prime central London market peaked?
Unless we're talking 'best-in-class' stock, the next six months looks set for a period of adjustment with little or no increase in prices, says Matthew Kaye...
Has the prime central London market peaked?
Prime Property of the Week: Modern Classic
Queensdale Place, London
£16m
Tucked away in a super-secret corner of W11, a quite remarkable new-build proposition has caught our eye this week.