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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The London-based business is looking to expand its resi offering.
Huge Hong Kong mansion fetches over £100mn
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Ranked: Where property listings are piling up in Prime London
'We’re now seeing an oversupply of stock in key neighbourhoods such as Kensington and Chelsea,' says a prime London brokerage.
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Ranked: London locations most exposed to a proposed seller-side property tax
‘If the government truly wants a fairer system, it must consider regional variations in property values,’ warns agency, dubbing mooted reform ‘a tax on London’.
Rumourmill: Treasury ‘considering’ 8% NI tax on landlords’ income
The latest pre-Budget tax speculation involves extending national insurance charges to rental income.
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‘Bigger, better, costlier, and far more luxurious than we could possibly have imagined’: Camilla Dell on the transformation of Prime Central London
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A flurry of Treasury leaks & speculation surfaced over the summer holidays, including proposals to end Stamp Duty, extend CGT & IHT, and to introduce a new annual property tax.
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Tom Bill: Property tax ‘trial balloons’ add to financial market jitters
Buyers, sellers and the bond market are digesting the recent property tax speculation as government borrowing costs head in the wrong direction, reports Knight Frank's UK resi research boss.
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