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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.
RICS publishes ‘pioneering’ global property measurement standards
A draft guidance note on "Measurement of Land for Development and Planning Purposes" is now open for consultation
Why record numbers of home buyers are heading back to the capital’s central zones
"The tide is turning" in central London, reports journalist Anna White in The Evening Standard.
Ex-Knight Frank buying agent launches new consultancy
Uncertain market conditions in the capital are exposing 'huge opportunities', says former TBS buying consultant Thea Carroll, who has decided to launch a new acquisition firm under her own name...
Knight Frank ‘significantly bolsters’ London China team with series of new hires
Lili Zhang has been recruited from Savills to run Knight Frank's enlarged and restructured residential China Desk in London
Carrington on Q2: It does seem that the tax rate in the popular Laffer Curve has now been breached
Successive parliaments have fiddled with stamp duty 14 times since 1995, but the right balance is yet to be struck, writes LonRes Chairman William Carrington
Sales rise in PCL as buyers make their move
Transaction volumes in the capital's most expensive neighbourhoods were up by 3% in Q2, compared to last year, but buyers remain 'scarce' across the rest of the prime postcodes...
New lets fall by 12% across the prime postcodes as tenants stay put
Rental transactions in some areas of London were down by as much as 20% in Q2, reports LonRes, citing high renewal rates as a key factor...
Trio of new appointments at Quintessentially Estates
London-based luxury property firm promotes two and recruits another
‘Resounding’ approval for 50-acre Edinburgh Marina scheme
In Pictures: Edinburgh Marina is set to deliver over 1,850 new homes alongside a state-of-the-art new marina with 427 berths
‘The most desirable private polo ground in England’ goes up for sale
Just a few miles north of Guards, the 49-acre Les Lions Farm near Holyport is home to one of Britain's most successful high goal polo teams
Behind the Schemes: The five faces of Northacre’s No.1 Palace Street
An inside look at the luxury transformation of a remarkable island site overlooking Buckingham Palace Gardens, featuring four retained period facades alongside a new contemporary frontage designed by Squire…