Editor’s Choice
Prime Dining: Uma Rajah of CapitalRise on the changing face of high-value property finance
Property lawyer & food writer Nicky Richmond talks FinTech, crowdfunding & mouthfeel with CapitalRise CEO Uma Rajah, over Celeriac Shawarma and Kombucha at ROVI in Fitzrovia.
50 years on: Why don’t local people have a greater say in their neighbourhoods?
There have been lots of planning policy overhauls since 1969, when the Government's Skeffington Report suggested 50 ways to get communities more involved in local property development matters.
In Pictures: Banda’s masterful residential revival project on Leinster Square
Edo Mapelli Mozzi's latest flagship development is tapping into Bayswater's rise to the super-prime league, delivering 15 luxury homes on one of W2's finest garden squares
Price declines moderate in PCL as supply & demand diverge
Sales Market Snapshot: 29% more new prospective buyers registered with Knight Frank in Prime Central London in the first half of this year, while the number of new £1m+ listings fell by 25%
KPMG warns of no-deal Brexit house price plunge
Property prices could crash by as much as a fifth if Boris Johnson pursues a no-deal Brexit, says accountancy giant;
Grosvenor’s McWilliam on how property developers can rebuild public trust
Following some public backlash to the proposed demolition of the Cundy Street flats and Walden House in Belgravia, Craig McWilliam, Chief Executive of Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, sets out the case for…
Book Now: Luxury Business Sphere Summit 2019
Top-notch line-up announced for October's luxury business conference, including major prime resi players
A recession is nigh, warns Cluttons; Britain’s property industry needs to take note
The UK is likely to see another recession imminently, warns Jamie McCombe, head of Cluttons Investment Management. Investors need to be ready...
A delicate balancing act: Lucian Cook presents the case for Stamp Duty reform
There's been a lot of talk about Stamp Duty switches and tinkering in recent weeks - amped-up by some mixed-messaging from the Chancellor over the weekend.
LonRes launches off-market service with anonymous listings
New members-only service aims to "balance the need for discretion while reaching as wide a net of would-be buyers as possible"
The Insurance Act 2015… Who knew?
It was the biggest change to insurance law in a hundred years, apparently, but it passed a lot of people by at the time - including top property lawyer Nicky Richmond
Cutting Stamp Duty ‘could boost transactions by 40% and tax revenues by £9.8bn’
According to buying agency Ludgrove's workings, a 36% reduction in Stamp Duty rates across the board would likely lead to 40% additional transactions in England per annum, in turn generating an extra £1.