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Osborne extends SDLT surcharge and cracks down on offshore developers #Budget 2016
"We can choose to be a force for stability", said Chancellor George at the start of today's Budget speech, but four overhauls of the nation's finances within 12 months - two full Budgets, an extra Summer…
#Budget2016: The prime property industry reacts
"Meh" pretty much sums up a lot of reactions to Chancellor George's eighth Budget speech.
Top Surrey agents launch hybrid firm ‘in recognition of the changing face of estate agency’
Two of the Home Counties's most successful prime property agents have launched a new hybrid "estate agency hub" offering "the best of both" across the Surrey hills and Sussex borders.
Amcorp bags Belgravia apartment block for £45m
Kilmuir House on Ebury Street is right opposite Berkeley's super-prime Ebury Square scheme
Duty Bound: A PCL Investor’s Budget Day Wishlist
It's that time of year again and the whole industry is currently perched on the edge of its seat awaiting the contents of Osbo's battered red box and the results of the consultation on the 3% additional…
Purple Patches: CBRE tears up Lizzie Line forecasts as house prices steam ahead
Prices around Elizabeth Line (née Crossrail) stations have already smashed expectations, says CBRE, leading the firm to overhaul its original forecasts.
In With A Shot: British Land to take on first ‘Instagrammer-in-Residence’
Clarges developer British Land has partnered up with IGersLondon, one of the city’s biggest Instagram communities, to launch a competition to find an in-house Instagrammer.
Caan-backed luxury developer Sons & Co in management buyout
Sons & Co, the high-end resi property developer set up by brothers Alexander and Christian Stocker, along with Simon Roberts, has gone out on its own.
Wandsworth Council bans ‘dominating’ estate agents’ boards
Estate agents now need to apply for permission to put up advertising boards in Putney, Balham, Clapham Junction and Lavender Hill (maps of affected streets below), after the council waged war on what…
Leeming slams stamp duty surcharge; ‘the only losers will be tenants’
The incoming 3% stamp duty surcharge will fail to deter buy-to-let investors in most parts of the UK, according to one national agency, although it may succeed in making things harder for tenants.
150-fold rise in London homes listed on AirBnB as private landlords get in on the act
London's homeowners are going nuts for AirBnB. JLL has recorded a 150-fold rise in the number of resi properties listed on the home-lettings website over the past five years.
ELLE Decoration launches interiors consultancy with major Greenwich project
The UK edition of Hearst's ELLE Decoration is branching out, launching an interiors Style Consultancy that it says is "set to revolutionise the world of commercial property development".