Ruling shines spotlight on stamp duty and derelict buildings
First-tier Tax Tribunal rules against HMRC in dispute over the amount of SDLT payable on a seriously dilapidated property
Historic urn ruling questions whether artefacts are part of listed buildings
A Supreme Court decision on the sale of a pair of historic C18th urns could have important consequences for listed property owners.
Supreme Court hits Chelsea Barracks with £50m stamp duty bill
Latest decision in the ongoing SDLT case decides that Qatar-controlled Project Blue is liable to pay 4% of £1.25bn
Stamp Duty Refunds: Too good to be true?
Stamp Duty is complicated and sometimes reliefs are overlooked, say top lawyers writing for The Chartered Institute of Taxation - so it can be worth revisiting transactions in search of a rebate.
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More details emerge around record Chelsea mansion sale
Low-profile hedge fund boss named by the Financial Times as purchaser of Candy’s '£265mn' Providence House
Super-prime agency lines up brokerage model expansion
'This is not a shift towards scale, nor an attempt to mirror larger brokerage platforms... it is a natural extension of our boutique approach', says Beauchamp boss Gary Hersham.
Campions acquires boutique PCL agency Aston Chase
Estate agency group steps up expansion with addition of established Prime Central and North West London operator.
Knight Frank: Middle East conflict will impact UK housing market in four stages
The agency's resi research boss Tom Bill breaks down the likely path for policy, rates, sentiment and pricing - starting with what’s already playing out in the prime country market
Freehold Marylebone mansion block heads to auction
33-home building is being sold by order of the Howard de Walden Estate, which has owned the land for over 300 years.
Savills reports flurry of £10mn-plus country deals
Agency tucks away £112mn worth of super-prime country piles as HNW buyers make their move.
Sales hit halfway mark at luxury Kensington scheme
Residence One says its Allen House project has 'consistently outperformed other schemes'
Savills installs new head of Fulham sales
Tom Reeves takes charge of multi-office operation in SW London following the retirement of Emma Stead, who spent over thirty years with the agency.
Luxury brokerage recruits two high-flying West London specialists
Euan Rollo was previously a Director at Savills in Notting Hill; Adam Andersson Broholm was a Partner with Knight Frank in Chiswick.
Prime London sales market still struggling as uncertainty reigns
LonRes reports another poor month in the capital's high-end property market, with deal volumes and prices both down - but rising under offer numbers suggest there's demand out there.
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