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Buy-to-let incorporations reach an all-time high as tax changes bite
The latest Hamptons index tells us that the national rate of rental price inflation ticked up sharply towards the end of 2020. The annual rate jumped from 1.4% in October to 4.1% in December.
SDLT deadline is ‘damaging Londoners’ health & wellbeing’, warns Dexters
‘It can't be right to have house movers and their removals vans queuing up in March trying to beat the deadline in the pandemic lockdown’, says CEO Andy Shepherd, as the the agency puts forward a ‘practical…
Berkshire Hathaway targets UAE’s luxury real estate market
UAE arm of Warren Buffet’s estate agency launches all-new ‘luxury collection division’, dealing exclusively in properties priced above US $5m.
‘No radical change to property taxes’ expected in the March Budget
But major property tax reforms are on the cards longer-term...
Pont Street triplex fetches record price after sparking three-way bidding war
The fine example of Pont Street Dutch, once owned by the Sisley design dynasty, achieved over £4,700 per square foot - even without outside space...
MPs to consider SDLT holiday extension
Mixed messages from Whitehall on an extension to the Stamp Duty holiday, as a popular petition forces a debate in the House of Commons.
Investor swoops on £35m Mayfair scheme
London & Monaco developer REDD sells its entire 82 Mount Street scheme to a bulk buyer within days of the off-plan sales launch.
10% more property sales were agreed in 2020 than in 2019
The sales market has seen a busy start to the year, although asking prices have dipped in the last month as vendors price competitively.
New sales head at Savills Salisbury
James McKillop returns to the agency after almost nine years with Knight Frank.
Green light for Avanton’s new ‘urban village’ in Richmond
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has sided with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to allow a £250m resi-led development in SW London.
Land Registry data reveals ‘shocking’ fall in flat sales
48% drop in transactions marks 'first official confirmation that fears over unsafe housing are freezing the market'
Eddie Hughes installed as the latest Housing Minister
Housing Minister Kelly Tolhurst has returned to teh back benches following some "devastating" personal news. She has been replaced at the MCHLG by Walsall North MP Eddie Hughes.