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London’s buy-to-let investors ditch the capital as tax hike bites
2016's stamp duty surcharge has had a noticeable effect on the behaviour of landlords based in London, suggests Hamptons, with increasing numbers now looking further afield in search of lower entry costs…
Candy ‘facing £1.5bn legal battle’ over One Hyde Park penthouse; dismisses claim as ‘pure fiction’
More legal wrangling for property tycoon as company director launches High Court action over '£175m' sale that never happened;
‘Resurgent’ Salisbury named ‘the best place to live in Britain’ in 2019
Novichok-hit Wiltshire market town tops The Sunday Times annual list of nice places
The Rise & Fall of Online Agents: Why the property industry ‘must not get swept away in hyperbole’
The emergence of online-only estate agents prompted 'the kind of hyperbole not seen since the first dot com bubble', says Patrick Alvarado of Nicolas van Patrick.
Asking prices tickle up in April – but property market activity is still lower than a year ago
'We are not anticipating an activity surge,' says Rightmove as Brexit is delayed, 'but maybe a wave of relief that releases some pent-up demand to take advantage of static property prices and cheap fixed-rate…
Serving Notice on Section21: On the consequences for landlords
As the Government announces its intention to abolish the Section 21 process, otherwise known as the ‘no-fault eviction’, Peter Hermon-Taylor explains the background, key points and potentially far-reaching…
Government to ban ‘no-fault’ evictions in ‘seismic’ rental sector shake-up
James Brokenshire announces Government's intention to abolish 'no-fault' Section 21 evictions, in what's being billed as the 'biggest change to the private rental sector in a generation'
Friday Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
A weekly stock check, powered by LonRes
At a glance: Property taxes around the world
CBRE compares how the tax treatment of property differs by country, but which is the most favourable for buyers?
New owners plan £10m refurbishment of ‘one of England’s finest country houses’
Described as a 'Baroque masterpiece', Shropshire's Grade I listed Mawley Hall changed hands last year on a guide of £10m
Malins Group completes five-site buying spree
Developer picks up suite of sites across the South East with a combined GDV of £45m, including the former Epsom police station in Surrey;
Construction firms facing ‘catastrophic’ changes to insurance contracts
'Unprecedented' tightening of insurance market conditions could end up forcing some firms out of business, warns Mactavish