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Stamp Duty: one year on… Sales drop but Revenue’s revenue rises
With the countdown to the 2013 Budget underway, Knight Frank's Head of Residential Research Liam Bailey looks at the impact last year’s increase in Stamp Duty has had on the market, finding that, whilst…
Futurewealth #3: helpful investment technologies
In the third in-depth report of the series, wealth gurus Scorpio Partnership explore how investment advisors and the Futurewealthy use technology to discover, inform and deliver investments.
One Hyde Park buyers revealed
Vanity Fair has revealed the names of many of the billionaire buyers of Candy & Candy's flagship One Hyde Park development in London.
Letter from the Home Counties
In a spring market, the best things come to those who don't wait, says Julian Amos...
The old adage "the early bird catches the worm" certainly comes to mind when analysing February's market.
US leads way as Billionaire Club booms
If you're looking for a few fillers on your "New Business Targets" spreadsheet, the 27th annual Forbes World's Billionaires list is out, featuring 1,426 ultra-high-powered names with an aggregate net worth…
Scotland’s greatest estate to be broken up
Scotland's most expensive estate, the Spott Estate in East Lothian, is to be broken up after failing to find a buyer.
Energy bills. What energy bills?
The developers of a new eco village in Devon are promising Britain's first "zero bills" scheme.
Branching Out: Five more offices for Foxtons
Foxtons has announced plans to open five new offices in London over the next few months.
Prime London house prices now 55% above 2009 market low
The average price of prime central London property increased by 0.9% in February, the highest rate in ten months.
Songs of Experience: How to be a proper property expert
Expert says who? Simon Barnes gets on his soap box to explain what the term "expert" really means to him...
Super-sewer “stink pipe” threatens riverside developments
Thames Water's Development Consent application for the new £4bn, 25km Thames Tideway Tunnel, submitted yesterday, runs to 50,000 pages.
London drives strong investor returns as UK resi portfolios deliver 8.9%
Residential investment continues to outperform inflation and commercial real estate, according to the latest IPD UK Annual Residential Property Index, with returns from portfolios in the private rented…