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Reference Briefings
Required Reading: The Budget 2024 for HNWIs & business owners
Mishcon de Reya's team of tax and legal experts talks us through the key points of this year's Spring Budget, including the end of the Non Dom regime, changes to Capital Gains Tax on residential property,…
Competition watchdog to investigate eight major housebuilders
'Housebuilding in Great Britain needs significant intervention so that enough good quality homes are delivered in the places that people need them,' says Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive of the CMA.
Developers in England will be forced to create habitats for wildlife – here’s how it works
Academics from Oxford University explore the purpose and practicalities of the government's latest environmental policy - which will have a major impact on property developments.
COMPLIANCE
Register of Overseas Entities reaches ‘significant milestone’ with over 30,000 registrations
Government chalks up a win as Companies House says its focus remains on 'rigorously enforcing compliance.'
Government sets out plan to ‘lift the veil of secrecy’ around property trusts
Proposals are the latest attempt to thwart corruption in the property sector.
Free AML Webinar: How art market participants can avoid classic Customer Due Diligence pitfalls
Customer Due Diligence is high on HMRC’s radar right now, says FCS Compliance, and Art Market Participants - including some interior designers - are in the firing line.
Forecasts
OBR boosts house price forecast
Average UK house prices are likely to fall 2% this year and 0.4% in 2025, says the Office for Budget Responsibility, with a return to positive growth slated for 2026.
‘London offers the best outlook for residential real estate’ of any major European city, claim economists
'Fundamentals favour London as a residential opportunity,' says Oxford Economics.
Lloyds tweaks house price forecasts, anticipating ‘more modest’ declines in 2024
'We expect house prices to fall between 2% and 4% this year,' says Britain’s biggest mortgage lender.
Research Library
Ranked: London’s busiest property markets in 2023
It was 'a difficult year for the London property market,' says Benham & Reeves, yet almost 50,000 homes still changed hands in the capital through 2023 - with just two boroughs accounting for more than…
Most HNWIs plan to increase investment in UK property, suggests survey
High net worth investors view economic instability 'as an opportunity for increasing their exposure to UK property at an attractive price point,' says Investec.
‘Froth comes off’ luxury asset prices
Knight Frank's index of 'investments of passion' fell for only the second time last year, despite some record-breaking sales.
Profiles & Interviews
Five Minutes With: Makoto Fukui of Schroders on delivering a super-prime build-to-rent scheme in PCL
'London is slightly playing catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to luxury BTR,' says fund manager for The Knightsbridge Estate.
‘Use your authenticity as your power’: Industry leaders on inspiring the next generation
International Women's Day 2024: Stars of the real estate agency, development & design worlds share their words of wisdom.
International Women’s Day 2024: Property industry leaders on inclusion, equality & progress
Inspiring women from across the sector discuss whether anything has changed over the last ten years, and what can be done to move the industry forward from here.
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