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Most MPs would choose new council tax bands over a mansion tax
Seven in ten MPs believe that an extra higher rate of council tax is a better option than a new mansion tax on high value homes.
Back to School: Ten of 2015’s hottest new instructions so far
One week in and we're already seeing some absolute stonkers hitting the market. Here's ten of the best...
1. Chesterfield Street, Mayfair
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Greater London set to outperform prime for first time since 2009 – JLL
Posing the question Will the momentum continue?, JLL's annual Property Predictions seminar saw a panel chaired by UK boss Guy Grainger tackle some heavyweight issues yesterday.
Deconstructed: A super-prime family home in Hampstead
Regal Homes' take on the Hampstead family home - a £16m eight bedroom affair - checks an awful lot of boxes.
Johns&Co launches concierge app for tenants and residents
Specialist new build agency Johns & Co has launched a new app to make its residents' lives a bit easier.
Rippon sketches out ‘palatial and stately’ intent for Hyde Park Barracks
Developer Bruce Rippon and QFT Architects have outlined some ground-breakingly old school ideas for one of prime central London's most exciting residential development prospects.
New property management head for Quintessentially Home
Quintessentially Home has recruited a new leader for its property management and home concierge operations.
Double digit growth for residential auction action
The number of residential lots offered and sold at auction didn't move by a huge amount last year, but the value raised by the gavel soared by over 14%.
The quantity of lots nudged up by 1.
Exhibition: The architect and the client in days of yore
A new exhibition, Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, at the Sir John Soane’s Museum will explore the "delicate, complex and sometimes difficult" relationship between clients and architects,…
CEBR revises forecasts after SDLT reform: London prices to fall by 3.3% this year
The Centre for Economics and Business Research has slightly amended its house price forecasts for the coming year, now arguing for a smaller 0.6% drop in the national average price rather than the -0.
PCL prices down 4% in Q4 as SDLT changes ‘subdue sentiment’
Savills has summed up 2014 as "a year of two halves" in the capital's prime resi market, with prices rising by +4.9% in the first six months before dropping off by -2.2%.
When will HNWs finally conclude that London’s not worth it?
It might be no bad thing that last year's stamp duty overhaul puts paid to the era of gazumping, sealed bids and garages being sold for millions, says Will Hollest, but what message about London does…