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Conservative manifesto holds few surprises for the property sector
Tory election pledges on housing include a 3% Stamp Duty surcharge for foreign buyers, lifetime mortgages, and some planning tweaks - but no wider SDLT reform.
Savills acquires another Channel Islands firm
Guernsey-based property management specialist Parkes & Associates joins the fold
Beauchamp Estates moves into Tel Aviv; plots further expansion
Daniel Goldstein is running a new international branch of the super-prime boutique estate agency
£10m Kensington penthouse project finds a taker
Originally offered at £13.5m, a rare development opp on Hyde Park Gate has the potential to become one of the area's best top-floor apartments
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Reactions: On the Tories’ planned Stamp Duty hike for foreign buyers
Rounding up thoughts on the Conservatives' idea to ramp-up Theresa May’s 1% SDLT surcharge for foreign buyers to 3%
Tories plot Stamp Duty hike for non-residents
The Conservatives want to ramp-up Theresa May's 1% SDLT surcharge for foreign buyer to 3%
Westminster Council defends ‘gifting’ policy
Council fends off new questions over conflicts of interest after staff receive 240 individual gifts in a two-year period
Property markets to ‘remain stable’ in 2020, but prime buyers are ‘becoming less compromising’
Estate agency Jackson-Stops shares its predictions for country property markets next year
How England’s broken planning system has created (not reduced) the risk of floods
"Urban areas have been creating flood risk," writes Lee Bosher. "And this is largely due to the government’s focus on making land – low cost, flood prone land – available for development."
Rightmove finds perfect match in former Shazam boss
The UK's biggest portal has announced Andrew Fisher as Scott Forbes' successor
St Modwen boss to replace Noel at Landsec
Mark Allan will take over from Rob Noel as CEO of Land Securities by June