Location: United Kingdom
Boris restricts office-to-resi to ‘protect London’s commercial heartland’
The Mayor of London has published a new batch of planning rules for the capital's "Central Activities Zone", which runs from Kensington Gardens and Paddington in the west, to Aldgate in the east, and…
Archant launches international property glossy
Regional publishing force Archant has decided to pump considerable resources into launching a quarterly global luxury property magazine, after spotting a "gap in the market".
Open design competition launched to find a replacement for Piano’s ‘Paddington Pole’
A competition has been launched to come up with ideas to replace Great Western Developments Ltd's withdrawn Renzo Piano-designed 72-storey "Paddington Pole" / "Skinny Shard" designs for W2.
MIPIM Diaries #1: Nicky Richmond
Hosting a breakfast for bankers in a venue that doesn't take reservations? What could possibly go wrong, says Nicky Richmond in her first dispatch from Europe's biggest property fair...
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.
Skype founder pumps £17m into P2P property finance platform
Skype founder Niklas Zennström has invested £17m into Christian Faes' peer-to-peer property lending firm LendInvest.
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.
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
Clarity, Certainty & Predictability: A call for forward guidance on property taxes
The Treasury should take a leaf out of the Bank of England's playbook, says RICS' Jeremy Blackburn, and issue forward guidance on property tax policies.
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…