Location: International
Autumn Statement: New higher SDLT rate for buy-to-let and second homes
George Osborne's third pop at the country's finances this year saw housing - or the "crisis of home ownership" - near the top of the bill.
Autumn Statement: Prime property industry reactions
A 3% increase the rate of stamp duty on buy-to-let and second homes, and a chunky pledge of extra funding for new housebuilding have set tongues wagging in the aftermath of the combined Autumn Statement…
Big project wins for 1508 London
1508 London, the architecture and design collective set up in 2010, has been on a particularly strong run of late.
Mapped: Prime property price movements around the world
Measuring the performance of luxury resi markets in fifteen world cities over a one and five-year period (2010 to Q3 2015), this handy map from Knight Frank and EY has exposed some key macro trends at-a-glance.
Global Tax Report 2015: How do property costs and taxes compare around the world?
A new report into the buying, holding and selling costs for foreign buyers of prime resi in fifteen of the world's top cities has picked out Monaco as the one offering the lowest taxation, and Shanghai…
Chestertons appoints new MD to lead MENA operations
Chestertons has brought in a new Managing Director in the UAE to ramp up the property agency's presence in the "core" Middle East market, with a new International Properties division and an expansion plan…
The Style Somerset: The private members’ club effect
Forget the Waitrose Effect.
All change at Rogers Stirk Harbour as raft of new Partners created
There are changes afoot at architecture practice Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
UK house prices rise 6.1% as North-South divide deepens
UK average house prices increased by 6.1% in the year to September 2015, up from 5.
Lodha launches new global hyper-prime brand with Mumbai scheme
Mumbai-based developer Lodha Group has launched a new umbrella brand, The Luxury Collection, to house its most lavish residential projects around the world.
The average home now changes hands every 19 years
The average number of years between property sales has dropped from nearly 25 to just under 19 since 2010, with southern homes shifting far more frequently than those in the North.
The Devil is in the Detail: Is London really in ‘bubble-risk’ territory?
Is the London property market a bubble risk? It may be, but UBS’ recent one page report on the capital does not prove it, argues Maskells boss and former banker Charles Curran...