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Sadiq Khan, the recently appointed Mayor of London, has today announced an investigation into foreign property ownership across London. Amid concerns that foreign investment is pus...
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Fresh from his emphatic leadership election win Jeremy Corbyn has been waxing lyrical about his plans for the future. Under his leadership the Labour Party will be pushing for an a...
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Looking back in hindsight it is often quite easy to spot a “successful” property investment but achieving the same result in real-time is not as easy. While many property inves...
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UK retail giant Kingfisher has been revealed as the mystery buyer on the lookout for a 300,000 ft.² new head office in the City of London. Law firm Cushman and Wakefield has been ...
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A London estate agent has started an innovative scheme whereby homeowners will be paid a cash sum if they allow their property to be valued. They will also receive a further cash s...
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Despite the fact that many had predicted a post Brexit downturn for the UK housing market this has yet to materialise. Indeed today we saw the U.K.’s leading developer Barrat...
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The Nationwide House Price Index was released today showing annual growth to the end of August of 5.6%. This compares to 5.2% annual growth to the end of July amid signs that all o...
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If you look back to the 1980s the UK government of the time, under Margaret Thatcher, instigated the biggest change in the UK property market in living history. The right to buy sc...
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The old BBC headquarters, Television Centre at Wood Lane, White City, W12 7RJ, is being converted into an array of flats and amenities. The property was acquired by development gro...
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The Bank of England’s chief economist, Andy Haldane, has courted significant controversy this weekend by suggesting that “property is better bet than a pension”. While the Ba...
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A report by the National Housing Federation has cast a very interesting light on the UK property market and in particular taxpayer funded housing benefit. The housing benefit syste...
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At this moment in time many investors are sitting on the sidelines watching the Scottish independence situation develop. On one hand we have UK government adamant that the 2014 ind...
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Have you ever read an article with a headline such as “UK property price growth slows” which leaves you with a distinctly negative flavour before you even read the article? How...
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Despite the fact that surveys and experts have confirmed little or no change in UK property markets, in light of the Brexit vote, the scare stories still circulate. We have even se...
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A recent report by housing charity Shelter and YouGov has placed a focus on the UK taxation system with many homeowners/ tenants struggling. While some people are pointing the fing...
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Data released by the Land Registry has opened up a very interesting debate on the gap between property prices in Greater London and the rest of England/Wales. It would be foolish t...
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A recent report confirmed that the UK property market is moving more towards rental as opposed to ownership. There has been a significant reduction in ownership levels in recent ye...
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If we look back to the 1980s the UK property market was in its relative infancy prior to the council house giveaway instigated by Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government. This le...
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Just a few months ago the residents of St Ives voted in favour of a ban on outsiders buying new builds as their second homes. At the time the feeling was that investors from outsid...
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The UK property market has been one of the strongest performers in Europe in recent times and in many ways we have now become accustomed to constant growth. Even if we set aside th...