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Housing has finally made it onto the General Election campaign, albeit with a familiar policy. Labour has unveiled plans for a Freedom...

The UK Government should make better use of property taxes to deter foreign buyers, boost property supply and raise tax revenue,...

Mortgage searches on behalf of borrowers using gifted equity or making a concessionary purchase from a family member rose by 75%...

A well known critic of stamp duty has returned to his long-standing theme of querying whether buyers have paid too much...

A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

Fewer foreign buyers are purchasing property in the UK, anti-money laundering data suggests. The property market has been hampered in recent years...

A stamp duty surcharge which has been labelled ‘forgotten’ because of its low profile has nonetheless bagged £45m for HM Treasury in...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

High end agency Savills says prime central London remains “relatively subdued” ahead of the return of foreign travel and overseas buyers. PCL...

High end purchasers of homes in London paid 15 per cent of the stamp duty in 2020, yet the value of...

The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...

A prominent London agency says cash buyers are securing substantial discounts in prime areas of the capital. The biggest cash discount currently...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...

A tax expert says that there is 'zero likelihood' of the government changing its mind on stamp duty changes for overseas...

The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...

The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...

An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued more details of its bid to encourage estate agents to combat money laundering in the...

If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...

The government has launched an official consultation about a new stamp duty surcharge - the long-awaited additional one per cent for...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of a delay in any stamp duty surcharge on...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of the delay in any stamp duty surcharge...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

An outspoken high-end London estate agent says millionaire foreign buyers purchasing “cheap” properties in the capital represent what he calls “the...

One of London’s best known high-end estate agents, Gary Hersham, says corruption crackdowns in this country and overseas may be deterring...

A new report suggests Capital Gains Tax changes coming into effect next year are worrying a large majority of wealthy overseas...

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...

A House of Commons committee has prepared a briefing document on areas of the UK residential and commercial properties sectors most impacted...

Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor says some “pretty dodgy” overseas buyers have purchased homes in the UK in the past -...

One of prime London’s most senior estate agents says stamp duty is “strangling the residential property market” in areas of the...

Chris Philp, a Conservative MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor Phillip Hammond, says 50 per cent of new homes in...

New Zealand’s new Labour prime minister elect has banned non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes anywhere in the country in a...

Investors from countries as diverse as South Africa and Russia are getting a 21 per cent discount on UK property according...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

A surge in sales of London properties to overseas buyers taking advantage of the Pound’s post-referendum collapse has helped Savills exceed...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Estate agency Carter Jonas has made critical comments about the high-end housing market, suggesting a combination of factors have created “a toxic landscape”. Rory...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

Estate agents and market analysts have spent 24 hours expressing their nervousness over the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

The sales website Home claims that London house prices have dropped an average of 1.2 per cent in the past four...

One of the western world’s ‘hottest’ city residential markets has introduced a near-instant 15 per cent price surcharge on properties purchased...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

It’s over. A win is a win, whichever side you backed. It’s true that everyone seems a lot less happy than...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

Prices are wobbling in the London housing market, with the referendum and ongoing currency fluctuations being two of the major causes. That...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

The Bow Group - a think-tank that was previously a solid backer of the Tories but has recently flirted with UKIP...

Reports suggest foreign buyers may be losing interest in directly owning property in London and are in some cases increasingly attracted...

Knight Frank is the latest estate agent to admit that the prime London sales market is “subdued” - and it blames...

The dramatic slump in the sale of London’s most expensive homes is continuing with one agency claiming that over the past...

Investors are extending their influence over the property market in prime central parts of London according to agency Marsh & Parsons. The...

A Conservative victory in this week’s general election will “unleash” a new wave of overseas buyers into the London property market,...