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Boffins pitch ‘premium property tax’ on London’s £5m+ sales
Academics from Goldsmiths, Sheffield and York universities have floated the idea of slapping a "premium property tax" on London's prime property market to pay for social and affordable housing.
Global house prices ‘continue to march slowly upwards’ – IMF
The latest update to the International Monetary Fund's Global Housing Watch shows that aggregate real property prices have edged up for the past 16 quarters.
The average London property price increased by 12.4% in 2015
Average property prices across England and Wales increased by 6.4% last year, after pushing up by 1.2% in December, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
Resi revival for Dobson’s Longhirst Hall
An important John Dobson country house in Northumberland is being returned to residential use, eighty years after being requisitioned by the Army.
New ‘agent army’ formed to revive luxury home sales in Singapore
With the luxury housing market continuing to cool, some property firms in Singapore are coming up with new ways to help developers boost sales, writes PropertyGuru's Romesh Navaratnarajah.
Where and what to buy on the French Riviera in 2016
The French Riviera's property market went through the roof last year, according to search agency Home Hunts.
Record revenues for Engel & Völkers as European expansion plans take shape
Multinational agency Engel & Völkers has reported a chunky rise in revenues.
2015's group commission revenues were up 36.4% on 2014's totals and hit 409.8 million euros, a new record for the firm.
All the property in the world is worth $217 trillion – Savills
"The entire developed property universe" is worth roughly US$217tr, with residential real estate accounting for the lion's share, according to some sums by Savills; that's around 2.
Brexit Wounds: What an EU Referendum means for the UK property industry
A British exit from the European Union poses a significant threat to the UK's property industry - and particularly the high-value residential sector - says Carter Jonas, after discovering that 65% of…
Historic Highgate mansion ‘sells for £20m’
One of north London's most important period properties has reportedly changed hands for £20m.
INTERVIEW: Mark Pollack of Aston Chase on being agents of prime property
Co-founded one of London's top agencies 30 years ago
‘Now is not yet the time to raise interest rates’ – Carney
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has ruled out an imminent interest rate rise.