Location: United Kingdom
Buy-to-let SDLT surcharge ‘equivalent to 11 months income’ for landlords
The new 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes and buy-to-lets "would be the equivalent to 11 months income for the average mortgaged landlord" says Countrywide Plc.
Well Healed: West End schemes launch world’s first ‘health concierge’
Qube Leasehold Property Management, which looks after both Fitzroy Place in Fitzrovia and The Chilterns in Marylebone, has signed a deal with The Health Concierge in what's being billed as a resi world-first.
Topland backs £30m project in Mayfair
Sol Zakay's Topland Group has stumped up £12m in acquisition and development finance to an overseas-based HNWI planning a super-prime resi development in Mayfair.
At A Glance: How the micro-markets of London have performed this year
This handy top-line comparison of the capital's key neighbourhoods deserves to be made into some kind of poster.
Galliard scores planning for stadium-led scheme in Wimbledon
Galliard Homes has netted planning permission for a major regeneration scheme in Wimbledon, south west London.
Crown Estate slams £800m of empty homes ‘myth’
The Crown Estate has come out swinging against recent reports that it's sitting on £800m of vacant London sites.
Councils rally against Bishopsgate Goodsyard proposals
Tower Hamlets and Hackney have dealt Hammerson and Ballymore's controversial Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme a hefty one-two by simultaneously rejecting the latest proposals.
‘30,000 new-build homes to flood the London market’ as foreign buyers head for the exit
The "large volume" of new-build stock currently flowing onto the off-plan sales market in London could turn into a flood next year, according to Cluttons.
(Empty) Miami Beach plot goes for £25m
One of the last undeveloped plots on Miami Beach has just been sold for an incredible $38.5m (£25.3m).
Smallest December asking price dip since 2006
Rightmove's latest monthly check has shown a 1.1% dip in the asking prices of new properties being listed across England & Wales, the lowest December fall seen since 2006.
Global Construction Costs Compared: London prices ‘beginning to threaten the viability’ of projects
New York, London and Hong Kong are the most expensive locations for construction in the world, with cost premiums of between 40% and 60% compared with many European cities, and a "severe construction…
EG Awards 2015: The Winners
Over 850 property pros took over the London Hilton on Park Lane for the EG Awards last night, with all the big names present and correct.