Surcharge boosts stamp duty revenue to record level
Government collected £454m from the 3% levy on additional properties in Q1, but falling transactions are a concern
Stamp duty receipts on track to reach a record high – despite falling property sales
SDLT receipts climb by 12%, as house sales drop by 10%
‘Clear loophole’ allows Hong Kong’s richest to skirt stamp duty
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Stamp duty hike was ‘probably inappropriate’ says Harrods boss
The MD of Harrods reckons George Osborne's stamp duty reforms were "probably inappropriate" and sent a "worrying signal" abroad.
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Knight Frank begins redundancy consultation process
Agency says fewer than 3% of its UK workforce could be affected.
The Great Fragmentation: New data charts super-prime London’s shift from two-agency dominance to a field of fifty
Exclusive: Analysis of 70 £10mn-plus sales confirms a striking shift in how PCL's biggest deals are being brokered.
Record deal sealed on Pimlico’s St George’s Square
Rare freehold townhouse changes hands at close to £10mn asking.
First Look: Albion Nord completes £6.7mn show home at Bishops Avenue Gardens
Arts & Crafts meets luxury living in first apartment to be unveiled at new Billionaires' Row scheme.
Salboy launches fourth central London scheme
Studio Power has designed the ten-apartment scheme in Camden for Salboy & Forge Homes.
Rare and historic homes change hands as north London’s top end stirs
Savills reports a busy few weeks in Hampstead and St John's Wood, with buyers snapping up blue-plaque houses, trophy homes and a £13.5mn mansion conversion project.
‘Bold buyers snap up deals’: Super-prime agent calls for ‘the end of caution’ in PCL
'Decisive buyers are dominating,' says Peter Wetherell, following a five-day five-deal run worth nearly £25mn.
Family office buys mixed-use property parade in South Kensington
Eastway Estates spent £11mn on the row of buildings on Bute Street.
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