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June’s a washout for prime London transactions: here’s the skinny on LonRes’s Summer Market Report
The latest London property market review from LonRes makes for some pretty depressing reading.
Architects Anonymous
A major YouGov survey has revealed a startling lack of knowledge about the work undertaken by architects, with 15% of respondents unaware that they even designed buildings.
Commissioned by InBuilding.
Required Reading: resi tax crib sheet
The legal gurus at Mishcon de Reya have produced a very handy guide to taxes on UK residential property.
PLP take over Brockton’s Curzon Street luxury development brief
Lee Polisano’s PLP has pipped top US architect Robert Stern at the last minute to win the re-design of Brockton Capital’s proposed 56 Curzon Street development.
Summer lull? What Summer lull?
July and August are usually heralded as a hiatus in the property market, with holidays and sun-soaked barbeques/drizzle-drenched roasts (delete as applicable) cutting the number of vendors, house-hunters…
Trevor Abrahmsohn on the greatest no-show on Earth
Roll up, roll up for the great Olympic non-event, says Trevor Abrahmsohn.
Landlords capitalise on summer lulls
Almost a third of respondents in the latest Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) survey claimed they had increased the size of their portfolios since July 2011.
Huge double tax hit for British owners of second homes in France
UK residents who own second homes in France now face a double tax on property income as Francoise Hollande launches a new 15.
Dominvs: new kids on the prime London block
Dominvs Living Ltd have big plans for luxury property development in London.
The reality of the Community Infrastructure Levy
As the Community Infrastructure Levy comes into force, Mishcon de Reya's Daniel Farrand and Jade Chalmers look at how this new charge - of up to £50 per square metre - on extensions and new resi builds…
Reaction to ONI House Price Index: “Sales volumes remain at less than half the level of a functioning market”
PPR Estates director, Nick Hopkinson, has lambasted today’s ONS House Price Index figures, slating the report as "simply an analysts' field day."
In a statement today, he said;
House Price Index shows overall increase, driven by 7.2 pc rise in London
UK house prices increased by 2.3 per cent in the 12 months to May 2012, continuing the pattern seen since early 2010. This rise was driven by a 7.