Format: Views
Be Careful What You Wish For: The reality of a ‘dampened’ property market
With Carney in a bugger's muddle over interest rates, let's hope 'the medicine does not kill the patient’, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
I despair.
MIPIM Notes #1: Joe Burns on foreign investment
'A great opening splash' at London's Olympia - inside if not out - followed by some lively nuggets on foreign investment into the capital, notes Joe Burns in his first daily dispatch from the inaugural…
Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax: A worrying precedent?
The LBTT could represent a worrying precedent for any possible future reform of SDLT in England and Wales, says Edward Burton...
Staying Ahead of the Ripple: The importance of opportunism in a changing market
In today’s marketplace, developers can’t afford to pigeon-hole themselves when it comes to site choice; it's time to become more opportunistic, says Chris Lanitis...
INTERVIEW: Lulu Egerton of Strutt & Parker on why the resi profession needs an exam
A leading light of the capital's prime resi industry for over three decades, Strutt & Parker's Lulu Egerton talks candidly about motivation, meaningful international reach and why everyone in resi…
Prime Property of the Week: Magic Barts
Apartment 3.1, The Askew Building, Barts Square
£2.24m
The return of the buyers’ market?
Both the £10m+ segment and out-of-prime areas are now vulnerable to price drops, says buying agent Camilla Dell, as the whole London market changes gear in favour buyers in the run up to May.
Pocket Guides: Marylebone Village
Did you know that properties overlooking the north side of Hyde Park have increased in value by 211% over the past ten years?
Vertical Horizon: Investing in the future of London’s skyline
An extraordinary profusion of new structures will dramatically alter the shape of London's horizon over the next few years, including the 64-storey 'The Pinnacle' and the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed…
Prime Property of the Week: Yorkshire Gold
Woolley Hall
£3m
If your clients are of an ambitious disposition and after plenty of period bang for their buck, this fine Grade II* listed Jacobean pile should get them pretty fired up.
The Writing On The Wall: Mansion Tax Q&A with Trevor Abrahmsohn
He's ridden out four recessions over forty years, but veteran estate agency boss Trevor Abrahmsohn says he can see 'the writing on the wall' this time.
Required Reading: Property tax briefing
HMRC has made a number of tax announcements recently which could have major implications for residential property owners.