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Government firms up plans to raise stamp duty for overseas buyers
UPDATED: Consultation launches on proposed new 1% surcharge for non-UK residents
Tenants spent less on rent in 2018 than in 2017; the first annual fall in a decade
Tenants in Britain spent a grand total of £59.1bn on rent in 2018, report Hamptons International and Countrywide, marking the first annual fall in more than ten years.
Haverstock Hill resi scheme hits the market
Significant development site between Primrose Hill and Belsize Park offered with full planning for a 77-unit scheme designed by Piercy & Co
Landmark Covent Garden building goes for £12.4m at auction
Allsop chalks up new price record after bidders slug it out over HQ of venerable women’s weekly The Lady on Bedford Street
Wealth taxes are back in fashion – but they’re still a terrible idea
'There is simply no escaping the fact that wealth is far more difficult to tax than income,' argues Jan Zeber in The Spectator.
Couture Shift: Understanding the key trends shaping global interior design
The deepening relationship between fashion and interiors, the rise of the 'caring' consumer, and haute craftsmanship will be among the themes influencing the finest schemes of 2019, predicts design house…
Friday Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
A weekly stock check, powered by LonRes
High-rolling US buyers make their move on Prime Central London
Agency reports fresh influx of Stateside interest in the capital's priciest neighbourhoods as Brexit deadline approaches
In Pictures: Britain’s most sustainable new resi developments
Eight residential schemes in the UK have been shortlisted for this year's BREEAM Awards, which take place in London in March to kick-off Futurebuild week.
PCL prices fail to stabilise; volumes continue to slide
Prime Central London transaction levels are now almost 50% lower than they were five years ago, reports Strutt & Parker, while prices ended 2018 at the lower end of the forecast;
Only half of Londoners are open to more homes being built in their local area
Perceptions need to change if housebuilding targets are to be met, warns London First
Georgian Group Awards: Call for entries
Heritage champion restarts awards programme after hiatus