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Digging deeper into the UK’s housing problem
It’s not just the imbalance between supply and demand that's pushing pricing upwards, it’s also the cost of funding developments, says Charles Curran
Letter from the Country: Why today’s agents have to go beyond the call of duty
It's not all doom and gloom, but helping clients to find their perfect property is harder than it has ever been, says Jamie Freeman
Few & Far: Scottish estate owners stay put, despite continued international demand
Half as many Scottish sporting estates have been bought this year compared to last, says Galbraith's Anna Henderson, but international buyers - particularly Europeans, and including the first Russian in…
Shaking Up SDLT: What can the UK learn from Norway & Singapore?
LonRes' William Carrington and Marcus Dixon take an in-depth look at how two other countries are approaching the issue of taxing high-value homes...
The London Property Week Diaries: The long way round
A week turns into months and months and months for Alan Page, as plans to launch London Property Week dawdle - but eventually head in the right direction.
Cities could save billions of pounds, while saving the planet – here’s how
Andrew Sudmant and Andy Gouldson of the University of Leeds explore how local actions - particularly domestic measures in residential properties - in key British cities could have a significant impact o…
Four things the Paradise Papers tell us about global business and political elites
Relatively few Americans or Europeans were caught up in the Panama palava, but this latest mega-leak is a different story...
BoE raises interest rates for the for the first time in a decade: Property industry reactions
"No surprise" from the prime resi sector as the Monetary Policy Committee votes 7-2 to increase the base rate from 0.25% to 0.5%
Why the Bank of England is raising interest rates – & the risks involved
Johan Rewilak, an empirical economist and lecturer at Aston University, explores the reasoning behind the Bank of England's anticipated decision to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade..
How to save tax like a duke
Using family trusts to save IHT is not just for the super-rich, but it does help to have had some well-advised ancestors...
SDLT is ‘4x more harmful per pound than income tax and 8x more harmful than VAT’
The UK's property tax system is "strange and inconsistent", according to The Adam Smith Institute
And Other Villains: Why stamp duty is only part of the problem for prime London
Non-Dom taxation, Brexit, tightened mortgage lending, blustering rhetoric..