Location, Taxation, Location: What would a mansion tax do to the prime property market?
Savills’ Head of UK Residential Research Lucian Cook grasps the political hot potato, assessing the potential impact of a mansion tax on the prime housing markets of the UK. The taxation of high value property has been one of the key topics of discussion within the prime…
Planning nod for Oakvest’s Grosvenor Gardens House scheme
Westminster planners have given the thumbs up to a right royal restoration and development of Grosvenor Gardens House in Belgravia.…
Battersea Power Station calls in Carillion as £400m preferred bidder
Construction behemoth Carilllion has been appointed as the preferred bidder for Battersea Power Station’s Circus West first phase. The contract could be worth up to £400m and create up to 1,400 on-site jobs at the peak of phase one construction.…
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Headhunter: The week’s best prime property jobs
A bumper batch of prime possibilites this week, including HNWI-focused legal and interior design roles, a brief to seek out trophy…
Required Reading: Stamp duty land tax and prime residential property
Anthony Hennessy of Brecher deftly guides us through the SDLT maze, summarising the factors that owners of high value property should…
The highs and lows of (nearly) selling a property
Buyers pulling out have doer-upper Alan Page pulling out his hair, as he embarks on the rollercoaster of selling a property,…
Are we nearly there yet, Merv?
As Mervyn King announces that the end of the recession is “in sight”, it’s time to stop all the navel gazing,…
Prime Property of the Week: Turning up the Volume
Lansdowne House, London W11 £11,950,000 A “fascinating history” in property terms can mean anything from an infamous former resident to a…
Art or Science? A guide to prime residential valuation (Part II)
Kate Peters of Jones Lang LaSalle concludes her analysis of the process behind an opinion of ”Market Value”, explaining “Hope Value”, per square foot anomalies…
Art or Science? A guide to prime residential valuation (Part I)
Kate Peters of Jones Lang LaSalle untangles the intricate process behind an opinion of “Market Value”, explaining what valuers are looking for, some rules of…
Landed Families: The Adamsons of Stracathro House
Taking us on an architectural tour of one of Scotland’s most beautiful Palladian houses, Nicholas Kingsley shares more of his enthralling research into…
Headhunter: The week’s best prime property jobs
Gilded needles in the proverbial haystack from some of the best employers out there, including Knight Frank, Savills, John D Wood…
Poacher Turned Gamekeeper & Poacher: Drawing the buying agency boundaries
Should buying agents also be selling properties for their clients? Camilla Dell takes on a piping hot potato… It’s a hot topic…
The Mayfair Club: A cocktail of society
Mayfair Guru Peter Wetherell takes us on a stroll around his manor, supping on the social cocktail that makes Mayfair so…
