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Grosvenor raises £210m of debt for Belgravia spending
Sounds like there's a prime spending spree in the offing; Grosvenor has raised £210m of unsecured long term debt to "help finance forthcoming investment in Belgravia."
“Fiscally Neutral” Autumn Statement introduces CGT for overseas buyers
Stretching the definitions of "Autumn", the Chancellor has just delivered his annual Autumn Statement.
Autumn Statement: The property industry reacts
It hasn't taken long for the prime property industry to wade in with opinions on the Autumn Statement. Here be some lively thoughts on capital gains tax and more...
The five “worst” property investment markets of 2013
Bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase "kick 'em when they're down", Greece has been named "Worst Property Market of 2013".
Berkeley buys in Bath
Sol Zackay's Topland Group has sold a swathe of prime Bath city centre to Tony Pidgley's Berkeley Group.
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Still in London at 32? That’s not normal.
Hamptons has been looking at where the 250,000 exiting Londoners move to and when...
Housing optimism hits new (but not that high) heights
Consumers' perceptions of the UK property market continue to get ever-more rosy - but are still generally morose - according to the latest sentiment survey from Lloyds Bank.
Britain’s 50 most historic streets
House historian Melanie Backe-Hansen has compiled a list of the 50 most historically-important streets in Britain and Ireland, from Roman roads to Georgian crescents; street markets to village thoroughfares.
Global luxury property prices stall
It's time to go macro for a bit. Knight Frank has taken its quarterly check-up of 27 prime markets around the globe and reckons price growth has started to stall.
Here's the key findings:
UK has highest property tax rate in the developed world: The full story
Making property taxes fair both politically and economically is no simple task; should tax aim to reduce housing demand or increase housing supply?
Policy Exchange's comprehensive "Taxing Issues?
50% of all prime London homes now worth over £1m – Marsh & Parsons
Over half of the homes in London's prime postcodes are now worth more than a million quid, according to Marsh & Parsons' latest calculations.
That's a rise of 8% on this time last year and 6% since January.
JLL takes on 37 new trainees
Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed 37 new trainees to its 2013 UK graduate scheme.
27 will be based in London, with ten other appointments across the firm’s regional office network;