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A doer-upper’s Postcard from Hong Kong
Buying agent-turned developer Alan Page nips over to Hong Kong to see how hefty new (and mansion tax-like) taxes are tackling an overcooked property market.
Five early trends for prime property in 2013
Although we're only six weeks in, it seems there's already a few early bird trends emerging from 2013's property market.
Sorting out the Bugger’s Muddle: Tricky, risky, but it’s cheap
Buying Agent turned developer Alan Page's quest for an honest profit has got complicated as he takes a punt on a short lease wreck in W8...
Abrahmsohn Part II: The Politics of Envy
Mansion Tax, Wealth Tax, Jewellery Tax, Window Tax…this feeding frenzy will eat us all up, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
A Bugger’s Muddle: The Doer-Upper’s £8,000 road block
There's a hint of frustration in the latest installment from Doer-Upper Alan Page, in which things don't quite go to plan...
Tweets Ahead: Pryor’s top agency tweeters
Property pundit, buying agent and Twitter evangelist Henry Pryor has compiled a list of the top 500 sales and lettings estate agency Twitterati in Britain.
Perky homeowners optimistic on house prices
HPSI vs house price indices (12 mnth change)
Crouching Agent, Hidden Buyer: What does the Chinese New Year mean for the UK property market?
Possibly too grand a build-up for this quirky project from Chesterton Humberts, but the imaginative research team has delved all the way back to 1953 to see what the Year of the Snake could mean for house…
Regional yields drawing Far Eastern investment
London is no longer the first choice for Far Eastern property investors, according to buy-to-let specialists Assetz.
Back away from the future: Has anyone called 2013’s property market right so far?
What is the point of property forecasting, asks Camilla Dell...
Abrahmsohn Part I: Mansion Tax would be the death knell of London’s residential property market
Prime property's £3 billion man Trevor Abrahmsohn rails against Miliband's latest "Desperate Dan" proposal...
Ed must have a very low opinion of the Labour voters in Eastleigh.
What have tax changes done to the prime property market?
Deloitte Real Estate's Matthew Lodge assesses the market's reaction to tax charges on high-value residential property.
On 31 January draft Capital Gains Tax (CGT) legislation was published.