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How will Australia’s foreign investment clampdown affect its residential property market?
Under pressure to cool a soaring housing market, the Australian government's proposed clampdown on foreign property buyers has raised a few eyebrows around the world.
Letter from MIPIM #1: A Different Time
Nicky Richmond reports back from her nineteenth MIPIM, where things seem very different to how they were in 1996...
Just a single glance at the overstuffed diary makes me feel a little anxious.
Capital Gains Tax Briefing: All change for non-resident homeowners
Geoffrey Todd and Jenny Wilson-Smith bring us up to speed on the all-new CGT rules, due to come into effect in but a few weeks' time...
Prime Property of the Week: Hip to be Square
Penthouse, 10 Soho Square
£5.95m
The latest project from Oakmayne Bespoke (of Cornwall Terrace fame) could well be a game-changer for this part of town.
Would I Buy This Property Myself: A Buying Agent’s Checklist
A top London buying agent has been explaining how a professional decides whether or not to stick an offer in.
Why rich-bashing is not going to fix this housing crisis
"No one is suggesting that there are not corrupt people around the world," says London Central Portfolio's Naomi Heaton, but that doesn't mean that everyone who owns a London property through an offshore company…
Look Back in Anger: An unwelcome return to the first doer upper
Revisiting past projects is a BIG mistake, admits Alan Page after looking up an old home - the first doer upper - in Putney...
The Fortunes of Luxury: On the future of super-prime
For ultra high net worth buyers, a property’s heritage, design, finish and branding will become as important as a golden postcode, says Joe Burns...
Prime Property of the Week: Cheyne Reaction
Cheyne Walk, Chelsea
POA
Landlord Action: A cautionary buy-to-let tale
Gemma James explains the ramifications of a recent case in which a tenant successfully sued his landlord after tripping up on an uneven paving stone...
Letter from the West Country: Where to buy in 2015
The Buying Solution's West Country expert Ed Clarkson takes us on a whistle-stop tour of his patch and tips us off on where to find some serious value for money before everyone else cottons on...
Prime Property of the Week: Hyde & Sleek
The Burlington Residence, 6 Connaught Place, Hyde Park
£12.75m
Even world-weary property peeps will find it hard not to be impressed with this super-prime effort from Redrow.