Reference Briefings

"This Budget could be regarded as a reprieve for the housing industry," says one commentator, while others bemoan an "underwhelming" speech...

Chancellor Sunak has promised to cut taxes, not raise them in the coming years. But the country's biggest house-builders will have profits taxed 4% to help pay for the cladding scandal.

"It’s fascinating that so many of these people in the public eye must have known that eventually their activities would become common knowledge, and yet they opted for offshore secrecy anyway," says…

Stamp Duty is complicated and sometimes reliefs are overlooked, say top lawyers writing for The Chartered Institute of Taxation - so it can be worth revisiting transactions in search of a rebate.

Kate McMahon, who successfully prosecuted a businessman of 11 counts of fraud offences relating to a failed property redevelopment in Knightsbridge recently, explains the background to the case - and offers…

Property markets are surging around the world. But "there are good reasons to think this will mark the last house price boom for the next 30 years," says Capital Economics.

Required Reading: "Building owners, developers, contractors and consultants need to be aware of the changes intended" by the new Building Safety Bill, say Joanna Lewis and Sophie-Rose Bowen of Beale &…

Developers may have to submit a fire statement alongside a planning application for relevant multi-occupied residential buildings from 1 August 2021, write Fiona Bishop & Rebecca Delaney of Macfarlanes.

In prime and super-prime locations, every inch of saleable floor space matters.

Developers, agents and architects will need to take the time to understand the new digital landscape in the post-Covid world, and create richer experiences for customers, writes Jess Pinkham...

"In today’s competitive housing market, it is not uncommon for sellers to move agents", says Paul Offley.

Recent weeks have been filled with tales of frenzied buyers bidding well over the asking price, as soaring demand collides with supply levels sinking to an all-time low.