Westminster's voluntary 'mansion tax': Prime property industry reactions
Common sense or thin end of the wedge?
Westminster plans new voluntary ‘mansion tax’ for £10m+ homes
Council wants owners of super-prime properties to 'play their part' via a new opt-in council tax band...
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Industry Reactions: How might the Tory foreign buyer tax affect the UK property market?
Top prime resi experts and business leaders weigh in on what Theresa May's plan for an additional SDLT levy on non-UK buyers might mean for the property sector
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Blue Skies: London property surges as Cameron locks out the Mansion Tax
We now have a dominant Conservative Party for the next five years, which should put Mansion Tax fears on ice for now at least, and drive a surge of activity at the top of the market, where many vendors…
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Strutt & Parker launches broker team to ‘super-charge’ prime London business
Exclusive: After six months building a crack team of PCL brokers, sales chief Claire Reynolds has unveiled a new 'hybrid' operating model that promises to 'redefine agency' in the capital.
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OB Private scales up with senior hires & new brokerage arm
Six new recruits arrive - including an established team from Chestertons - as PCL agency rolls out broker platform alongside employed structure.
Grant J Bates Property installs new lettings boss
Ex-Hamptons associate director to spearhead prime lettings push at fast-growing luxury brokerage.
Savills appoints new lettings heads in Surrey
Agency strengthens Cobham and Guildford teams as regulation reshapes the rental landscape.
Talking Heads: How a cyber-attack put the PCL property sector in limbo
PrimeResi hears from some of the capital's top property brokers, lawyers & developers, about how November's IT hack exposed a fragile planning system, put transactions on ice, and continues to cause 'havoc'…
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House Collective adds Hamptons veteran as London expansion gathers pace
Alister Shaw and Paul Davis bolster boutique firm’s West and North London teams.
Ex-Savills & JLL duo take on Winkworth franchise in north London
Seasoned operators acquire Crouch End outpost & eye expansion.
‘A celebration of craft, materiality & artistic expression’: Inside The Whiteley’s latest design collaboration
With more than three-quarters of apartments now sold, the Bayswater landmark unveils another 'Designer Collection' apartment, created by Irish interiors maven Maoliosa Murray.
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Dubai luxury scheme sells out on launch after 3,000-broker preview
DIFC Zabeel District’s first resi development fully sold as city's market momentum continues.
Buyer picks up rare project on Belgravia’s Chester Square
Unmod townhouse on arguably the neighbourhood's classiest garden square sold off a £11.95mn guide.
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