Rather than benefit the working majority, a mansion tax could, in fact, do the opposite, says Tony Hennessey... Imagine for a moment that it is June 2015.

A new report into the buying, holding and selling costs for foreign buyers of prime resi in fifteen of the world's top cities has picked out Monaco as the one offering the lowest taxation, and Shanghai…

Francois Hollande's government is again under fire for meddling in the housing market, after figures released yesterday revealed that the French construction market is at its lowest ebb for 15 years.