Westminster’s voluntary taxation experiment falls flat
Three months after council launches innovative 'community contribution' scheme, new figures reveal that only 2% of high-end homeowners have actually put their hands in their pockets...
Westminster’s wealthiest residents get behind ‘voluntary contribution’ initiative
Over half of owners with properties worth over £10m show support for "imaginative" council tax proposals...
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Five years on: How 2016’s tax changes have shrunk the buy-to-let market
“The tax changes introduced from 2016 onwards have undoubtedly taken the heat out of the buy-to-let market," argues Hamptons' research chief Aneisha Beveridge.
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Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty cut is not about helping first-time buyers, but shoring up the whole UK economy
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Squire & Partners-designed riverside development approved after a decade-long planning battle.
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Tom Bill: ‘Wexit’ weighs on demand in Prime London markets
Average prices in PCL fell 1.6% in the year to April amid ongoing uncertainty around tax changes, reports Knight Frank's head of UK resi research.
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