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‘We wanted to see more’ Vs. ‘Thank goodness the Chancellor decided to leave the property market well alone’: Housing industry reactions to the 2023 Spring Budget
A 'missed opportunity' or is 'no action the best stance'? Here's what the property industry makes of Jeremy Hunt's latest round fiscal policy updates...
Budget 2023: Chancellor keeps hands off the housing sector
Property was largely absent from Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget statement.
AML Essentials: Property agents’ five most-asked questions on anti-money laundering compliance
AML expert Caroline Walters answers the five most frequently asked questions put to FCS Compliance in 2022 for the property market…
OBR downgrades housing market forecast: prices set to fall by 10%; transactions by 20%
"Low consumer confidence, the squeeze on real incomes, and the expectation of mortgage rate rises to come are expected to contribute to continued falls in house prices and a reduction in housing market…
In Pictures: One of the best houses on Eaton Square, asking £39.5mn
10,000 sq ft mansion has a prize spot on London's most prestigious garden square, and is attracting interest from all around the world.
Keller Williams reveals results of ‘aggressive’ worldwide roll-out
The 'world’s largest real estate franchise' increased its agent count beyond the US & Canada by 20% in 2022.
Home Counties ‘eye-catcher’ with Katharine Pooley interior goes up for sale
In Pictures: Designed in the 1700s as an eye-catcher for Stowe House, Stowe Castle is looking for offers around £4.5mn.
‘Bank of Mum & Dad’ shelled out almost £9bn to first-time property buyers in 2022
Nearly half of all mortgaged first-time buyers relied on family money to get on the property ladder last year - and Savills expects this proportion to rise to three in five as Help to Buy ends.
Budget Explainer: Here are some ways to read between the lines on what’s being reported
Simon Wren-Lewis, an Economics Professor at the University of Oxford, explores how media coverage of government finances and Budget statements can be confusing, and often misleading - highlighting some…
Gove threatens to block 11 housebuilders who missed the developer remediation contract deadline
The majority of big-league residential property developers have agreed to Michael Gove's terms, but 11 missed the deadline to sign the government's building safety remediation contract - and 'will be prohibited…
Notting Hill investment block heads to auction
Trio of period buildings to star alongside Mill Hill manor house and Marylebone apartment building in forthcoming Allsop sale.
In Pictures: Knightsbridge townhouse with Venetian-inspired interior seeks £19.95mn
Super-prime six-bed on Herbert Crescent has been given an opulent makeover by Krailler Interiors, inspired by Venetian palazzos.