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Why Britain’s punitive tax system risks deterring Middle East property investors

When the UK applied a stamp duty surcharge to overseas property investors in April this year, tax advisors and property consultants were flooded with enquiries from concerned buyers.

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60% of Britons admit to looking up house prices of friends, colleagues and lovers

Nearly 60 per cent of Britons have tried to find out how much people they know spent on their latest property purchase, new figures have revealed.

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Is this £175m apartment London’s ultimate ‘giga-prime’ home for the super-rich?

With a £175m price tag, property developer Nick Candy’s penthouse at One Hyde Park is in a league of its own.

Evening Standard

How to sell a home in the current property market

Although London is generally a sellers’ market right now, particularly for houses, there are always homes which stubbornly fail to sell.

The Huffington Post

Super-rich spent nearly £3bn buying third and fourth London homes in pandemic

Sales of “super-prime” homes in the capital increased in 2020 despite the pandemic, showing widening gap between rich and poor.

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First time buyers are snapping up central London flats – at big discounts

London’s (and indeed the whole country’s) lockdown has shifted people’s attitudes, and first-time buyers are cashing in.

PCD Club

PCD Club presents The Hot Seat

David Bell meets Camilla Dell and Caspar Harvard-Walls from Black Brick where they discuss common misconceptions in the UK property market. Watch below:

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Devcast: Searching for luxury with Camilla Dell

In this episode of devcast… Senior Consultant, Ryan Doyle, was joined by luxury real estate advisor, Ms Camilla Dell.

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What the stamp duty charge for overseas buyers means for London

A year ago this week, England’s housing market was temporarily closed as part of the first national coronavirus lockdown.

Property Investor Today

Insight – what does the 2% SDLT surcharge mean for overseas investors?

To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of an extra 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK buyers from April 1 2021.

Evening Standard

London house prices: are there property bargains to be had in the big city?

To walk around the streets of central London today is to know what it’s like to be in a zombie apocalypse. Streets empty, shops closed, pubs forlorn, the desertion would have been unthinkable only a year ago.

Evening Standard

Estate agents report busy January, as buyers rush to beat stamp duty holiday deadline

A number of estate agents have reported a good performance for January, as buyers raced to get deals over the line before the stamp duty holiday deadline.