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Government cuts security deposit cap for rentals under £50k pa
Rental properties charging less than £50,000 per year can now only claim five weeks' rent as a security deposit
Government publishes official guidance on the Tenant Fees Ban
"If the fee you are charging is not on this list, it is a prohibited payment and you should not charge it"
Opinions sought on new money-laundering rules for high-end letting agents
The EU's Fifth Money Laundering Directive is slated to come into play in January, requiring UK letting agents dealing in rents above €10k per month to carry out AML checks on their clients.
Government moves to ‘end the unjustified selling of new houses as leasehold’
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has launched a technical consultation into leasehold reforms, proposing that new lease ground rents be capped at just £10
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More details emerge around record Chelsea mansion sale
Low-profile hedge fund boss named by the Financial Times as purchaser of Candy’s '£265mn' Providence House
Super-prime agency lines up brokerage model expansion
'This is not a shift towards scale, nor an attempt to mirror larger brokerage platforms... it is a natural extension of our boutique approach', says Beauchamp boss Gary Hersham.
Knight Frank: Middle East conflict will impact UK housing market in four stages
The agency's resi research boss Tom Bill breaks down the likely path for policy, rates, sentiment and pricing - starting with what’s already playing out in the prime country market
Freehold Marylebone mansion block heads to auction
33-home building is being sold by order of the Howard de Walden Estate, which has owned the land for over 300 years.
Campions acquires boutique PCL agency Aston Chase
Estate agency group steps up expansion with addition of established Prime Central and North West London operator.
Savills reports flurry of £10mn-plus country deals
Agency tucks away £112mn worth of super-prime country piles as HNW buyers make their move.
Sales hit halfway mark at luxury Kensington scheme
Residence One says its Allen House project has 'consistently outperformed other schemes'
Savills installs new head of Fulham sales
Tom Reeves takes charge of multi-office operation in SW London following the retirement of Emma Stead, who spent over thirty years with the agency.
Prime London sales market still struggling as uncertainty reigns
LonRes reports another poor month in the capital's high-end property market, with deal volumes and prices both down - but rising under offer numbers suggest there's demand out there.
NYC lines up ‘pied-à-terre tax’ on $5mn+ second homes
State-first measure targeting ultra-wealthy and global elite announced by Mayor Mamdani.
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