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London Cooling? Seems seasonable to me…
If London's property market is indeed 'cooling off' towards the summer months, that doesn't mean it's 'reaching stagnation'; surely what we're seeing happens in the capital every year, says Edo Mapelli Mo…
Interpreting Carney’s cautionary words on interest rates
The Governor is on the money this time but Cable seriously needs to update his information, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Interior Motive: Why you should be designing your scheme from the inside out
The exterior of a building may attract buyers initially, but it is a successfully designed interior that markets and sells a super-prime property, says Joe Burns...
Prime Property of the Week: The Grape Escape
Calistoga, Napa Valley, California
$100m
Letter from the Home Counties
Deep in the commuter belt, there's an emerging trend of families making a sideways move from a larger, older property into a new-build, says Darren Walter...
Tax Discredit: Why next year’s CGT changes could be a very bad idea
To continue to attract investors to our country, we need to offer the prospect of stronger returns than our European counterparts and that’s not going to be achieved by hiking up tax bills, says David Ha…
Prime Property of the Week: Super Hans
Hans Place, Knightsbridge
£13m
Named after the inventor of hot chocolate (and the British Museum), Hans Sloane, this splendid garden square is right in the Knightsbridge mixer.
Brussels Spouting: What a Cheek!
Our European counterparts are burdened with a particularly caustic mix of liabilities, and yet they still have the temerity to talk about our so called ‘overheated’ property market - what a cheek, says Tr…
Lost at HMRC: Navigating the perils of property tax
Whether you're just starting out in the industry or more of a 'seasoned' pro, we all need to keep abreast of any changes to the raft of property taxes applied here in the UK.
Prime Property of the Week: From Russia With Love
5,370 square foot freehold house in the oldest part of Chelsea was built on the design of a traditional Russian dacha
Margin or Error: The Doer Upper’s quest for a profit-worthy project
The quest for the un-covered side-return, the un-excavated basement or the un-converted loft is getting ever more fruitless for the capital's developers, as vendors are asking full-spec prices for "with p…
Buyers have reached the limit of their elasticity – Mead
Recent media coverage has not reflected the fragility of this recovery; the dynamic in London is changing as we speak, says Ed Mead...
Hype doesn’t help, we know that. Help to buy is an example. Only c. 2%