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Crazy Rich ASEANs: How socioeconomic shifts in South East Asia are driving investment to London
The explosion of the ASEAN middle class is good news for European markets, says Chris Dietz, and savvy property advisors and agents are developing their offerings to service this ever-important investor…
Construction & EU Procurement in No-Deal Brexit: Has the government provided clarity?
With just a few months to go until Brexit Day, the UK's construction and consultancy businesses remain in the dark on several crucial matters, say Kathrine Eddon & Michelle Essen
What impact could a People’s Vote have on the property market?
As thousands gear up for a mass march in London this weekend to demand a second referendum, buying agent Caroline Takla argues the case, and imagines a prime property market unencumbered by uncertainty...
The death of the superlative: Why it’s time to get real in real estate
The peculiar parlance of the property world is so stuffed with hyperbole, superlatives and euphemisms that it has been rendered almost meaningless, says top branding expert Mark Davis - accepted boundaries…
Have we reached peak London?
London is at the edge of a major inflection point, argues Mark Kleinman, Professor of Public Policy at King's College London. Could the capital's 30-year growth spurt be coming to an end?
Why now is not the time for rushed buying decisions
PCL buying agent Cliff Gardiner has be brutally honest with a potential new client after a quick deal...
Goldwyn’s Lie: No contract? All is not lost…
It's bad enough when commercial arrangements turn sour in the property world, let alone when there's nothing in writing.
Budget Preview: What might the Chancellor announce on the 29th October?
Accountancy & tax advisory firm Blick Rothenberg looks at what the Chancellor might, should and should not say in the Autumn Budget, which takes place at the end of this month
‘Buyers from China are more than willing to pay their fair share’ – Juwai’s CEO on the Tory foreign buyer tax
Carrie Law, CEO of China's No.1 international real estate website, reacts to Theresa May's proposal to charge a higher stamp duty rate to non-UK buyers
£4.6 billion in lost tax receipts and business revenue since 2014: Why the current stamp duty regime is hurting the UK economy
Notwithstanding the latest move to target foreign buyers, the government's incessant tinkering with high-end property levies has failed to optimise direct and indirect tax revenue, stifled economic activity,…
Residential Tenancies: The Long & the Short (term) of it
"There is no need to legislate for longer tenancies", argues Mishcon de Reya's Alison Taylor; "there cannot be a one-size fits all approach to residential tenancies"