Will the world’s super wealthy still buy in London? Opinion The abolition of non-dom status and stamp duty on second homes may sound like bad news for super-prime property, but the reality is more nuanced, says Trevor Kearney The delivery of Rachel Reeves’ first Budget marks a significant shift in the UK’s fiscal landscape, especially for London’s super-prime property market. While headlines focus on the [...]
Capital gains hike in the Budget could push landlords out of the market Economics In a paper published back in 2022, Capital Economics, a leading economic consultancy, predicted that hiking CGT would actually cost the Treasury.
Check out this house built from the ground up for ‘wellness’ Life&Style Property of the week | Clarendon Road, Notting Hill | £8.25m | For sale through Middleton Advisors If there has been one trend that has defined the 2020s so far, it is the proliferation and penetration of ‘wellness’, that imprecise but ubiquitous term that covers everything from physical fitness to mental fortitude. Property developers have not [...]
Galliford Try hikes dividend as profit surges October 3, 2024 Galliford Try has reported a more than tripling in annual profit and hiked its dividend as the housebuilder's earnings surpassed analysts' expectations.
Indian clothing tycoon who supplies Uniqlo, Decathlon and H&M buys Notting Hill home for £21m September 13, 2024 The owner of India’s largest clothing exporter has paid £21m for a home in Notting Hill in one of the UK’s biggest residential property deals this year. Harish Ahuja, owner and managing director of Shahi Exports, purchased the eight-storey property, which is more than 20,000 sq ft in July, according to a UK filing first [...]
London leading the way as housing market ‘normalises’, Winkworth says September 11, 2024 Pretax profit climbed 26 per cent to £1.0m from just over £810,000 last year.
Commute and save with Shared Ownership homes in the home counties and the coast September 5, 2024 | Sponsored With an exciting collection of new homes available through Shared Ownership in the Home Counties, the coast and throughout the UK, at Places for People we have apartments and houses designed to suit everyone. Due to higher property prices in central London, you can find a wider selection of new homes with a lower market [...]
A new Newlon resident tells us how becoming a Shared Owner has given her a sense of pride and achievement. September 4, 2024 | Sponsored One of Newlon’s newest developments is Millstream Tower. Built in conjunction with Kier and offering 117 apartments for Shared Ownership, one of its residents shares her journey to becoming a first time homeowner. 34 year old Kay, who works in corporate administration for an NHS trust, has lived in North London all her life. “I [...]
Reflecting on the shared ownership journey – four years later September 4, 2024 | Sponsored In honour of this year’s Shared Ownership Week, we revisited some of our happy homeowners to see what life has been like since the keys were handed over and the packing boxes were put away. Nearly four years since they moved in, we caught up with Peabody New Homes’ residents Josephine, who purchased at Motion [...]
Shared Ownership: achievable, affordable and for everyone September 4, 2024 | Sponsored Kevin Sims, Director of SO Resi, says: Shared Ownership: achievable, affordable and for everyone Culturally, we have a strong affinity for homeownership. Purchasing a home is seen as a natural ‘life milestone’ akin to marriage or starting a family. Worryingly, shocks to the property market and the economy in recent years have made it harder [...]