Market Snapshot: The top 5% across England & Wales
"The housing market is showing a remarkable stoicism given the backdrop of unmet Brexit deadlines, 'flextensions' and a December election," says Fine & Country, although prices and volumes at the top-end continue to fall.
Market Snapshot: Belgravia bears up amid Brexit challenges
Buyers baulking at the prices in Mayfair and Knightsbridge are seeing a 'good value proposition' in neighbouring Belgravia, reports longstanding local agency Best Gapp, with some notable short-lease activity...
PCL prices are likely to rebound next year, rising 20% by the end of 2024
Prime Central London is set to become one of the UK's strongest-performing markets, predicts Savills, flipping a trend seen since 2014.
Surveyors reiterate call for Stamp Duty holiday following lockdown market ‘collapse’
RICS' measure of new residential property instructions fell to its lowest level on record in April (since at least April 1999).
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£22mn penthouse sold in £50mn deal spree at top-end Kensington scheme
Lodha confirms launch date for next sales phase at Holland Park Gate following another run of big-ticket transactions.
Government proposes the ‘biggest shakeup to the homebuying system in this country’s history’
Consultations have opened into significant & wide-ranging reforms that promise to 'rewire a chaotic system which has become a barrier to homeownership.'
Paperwork, penalties & PRS pain: What can we expect from Westminster’s new selective licensing regime?
As applications open, lawyers Emma Chadwick & Stephen Burke run through the background, practicalities & implications of the borough's latest policy - and what landlords & agents need to be actioning now.
London Square gears up to launch sales at landmark heritage conversion project
Ambitious transformation of former Surrey County Council HQ is to deliver 264 new homes, with completion set for 2027.
Developer secures financing for Marylebone townhouse transformation
Consented plans allow the former HMO to be reinstated as a single grand residence.
Seven key themes in the global branded residences sector
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Ex-Cushman & Wakefield partners launch real estate advisory firm
Rufus Morgan, Lewis Smith & James Woolley have teamed up on the new venture, Medbourne, which will specialise in the UK Living Markets.
Influential committee calls for ‘major reform of the whole property tax system’
'The case for major reform of the whole property tax system – from Stamp Duty Land Tax to Inheritance Tax to Council Tax and VAT – is almost unarguable,' says Sir Vince Cable.
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