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Kingsley Napley creates new tax practice
“The intention is to service tax matters in-house more than the firm has done historically and to add further specialists in due course,” says top law firm as it recruits new partners.
In Pictures: Finchatton launches The Whiteley, promising ‘a new era for Bayswater’
The "grand reimagining" of the old Whiteley's shopping centre on Queensway is luxury property developer Finchatton's biggest project so far, by some margin.
PCL property prices set to rise 5-10% in 2022, predicts Strutt & Parker
National estate agency Strutts is forecasting price growth of between 20% and 35% by 2025 across the UK, and somewhere between 15% and 35% over five years in Prime Central London.
‘The labour of the last ten years is about to bear fruit’: On the remarkable reinvention of Belgravia
After decades of sporadic development, all four corners of the famous PCL district are being transformed as a raft of ‘landmark’ projects finally take shape.
Interest rates: why the era of cheap money is finally ending
John Whittaker explains why the future will be tougher thanks to higher interest rates, or higher inflation, or both…
High-end sales surge boosts stamp duty receipts
Latest quarterly stats from HMRC signal 'significant' activity at the top-end - and reveal the impact of the recently-introduced overseas buyer surcharge...
Prime London rents rise at fastest rate since 2011
“It’s been an extraordinary period for the whole market in PCL,” says David Mumby, head of Prime Central London lettings at Knight Frank.
Brokers flock to agency’s £300k country house commission offer
Fine & Country is touting a £300k finders fee for introductions to a buyer for a sticky £30m mansion in Berkshire.
Ranked: Which areas have seen the biggest rise in the total value of housing stock over the course of the pandemic?
Only three local authority areas in England and Wales saw the total value of their housing stock fall during the pandemic period, and they're all in the capital: Westminster (-10.1%), Lambeth (-2.
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Price rises are an ‘unmistakable sign of recovery’ for prime London’s property market
“We are not on the verge of the sort of dramatic double-digit bounce-back in prices,” says Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank.
Branded residence growth accelerates as developers tap a ‘robust & profitable’ model
The number of "branded residence" developments around the world has jumped by 230% over the last decade, reports Savills, and is expected to nearly double again within five years.