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The button takes you two different ways to gain exposure to UK property by investing as little as £100. The options are “Property ISA”, in association with Bricklane.com, which manages a portfolio of...
View ArticleLondon property bubble second only to Vancouver
Swiss bank UBS’s “bubble index” lists London second in the top ten cities most likely to experience a severe property price correction, commenting that it’s particularly vulnerable to increased...
View ArticleTime to return to high density?
Controversial, but a problem-solver according to a new report by The Centre for London, which claims adding new storeys to current developments and demolishing estates and replacing them with high-rise...
View ArticleFriday morning linkage - the worst view in London
UK’s most expensive streets [Daily Telegraph]But prices on the most expensive of all are falling fast [Guardian]ONS’s latest private rental index [ONS]Help-to-Buy mortgage guarantee scheme dumped...
View ArticleMonday morning linkage - mainly about buy-to-let
Market report - supply shortage continues to prop up prices [Property Industry Eye]Lawyers warn Chancellor of transaction level crisis if Government doesn’t reverse punishing buy-to-let tax changes...
View ArticleGentrification, the horror and the satire
An interesting piece in the Guardian about the way the film industry has historically dealt with neighbourhood gentrification, from Poltergeist to Notting Hill. Technorati Tags: property, real estate...
View ArticleWant to see inside the X-Factor house?
The Telegraph gives the tour here. It’s six-bedroom, four-bathroom property in Hadley Wood, worth around £3.6m and was available for rent earlier this year at £13.5k a month. Technorati Tags:...
View ArticleFacebook marketplace... game-changing?
Google had a good(-ish) go at the business of property search just over five years ago, sending ripples of panic out among the sector, before discovering just what a specialised service it is. But...
View ArticleFriday linkage - big AirBnB tax cockup and a new book about Wetherspoons'...
Possible anti-Foxtons protest this weekend [Property Industry Eye]New book celebrating Wetherspoons’ carpets [Time Out]Looking for the next hot London borough [Daily Telegraph]Khan shouldn’t scapegoat...
View ArticleMonday morning linkage - Living in a toilet, and Women's Death Brigade...
“Class War Women’s Death Brigade” attacks Foxtons [Property Industry Eye]UK property wealth held by over-55s greater than Italy’s annual GDP [Daily Telegraph]Would you live in a converted public...
View ArticleInside the Barbican Estate
Fans of London’s most playful and least brutal of Brutalist developments will want to know about photographer Anton Rodriguez’s new book, which pokes a lens inside some of the marvellous Barbican...
View ArticleThe return of btl?
The numbers are up, according to Rightmove, for the first time since new Stamp Duty measures compounded other recent tax changes to make the sector way less attractive. Enquiries from potential...
View ArticleOne in three tenants steel from rented property, according to survey
The survey’s by Direct Line and it’s a poll of 2,000, approximately 600 of whom must have admitted to removing items from a rented property when leaving. According to the survey, light fitting, beds,...
View ArticleFriday morning linkage - London landlords have most to fear from Brexit
Solicitor incompetence and vendor selfishness cost buyers £2,400 [Guardian]Historical Churchill Hyde Park Gate house for sale [Mansion Global]Jamie Oliver knocks £2m off asking price [Sun]Protestors on...
View ArticleMonday morning linkage - the story of one London home
The story of one London home [BBC]Huge variety in London house price movements [Estate Agent Today]The new retirement homes… with gyms and wine cellars [Daily Telegraph]Rentals to outstrip sales for...
View ArticleCelebrity rental alert
Justin Bieber, no less, spending - according to this - £108,333 a month to rent a 24,000 square foot north London mansion. Technorati Tags: property, real estate...
View ArticleMarket report - ONS, surprise gains but mixed bag
Gains in the east and the south of the UK pushed house prices up 8.4% on the year, August-to-August, according to the latest ONS survey. East of England saw 13.3%; south, 12.2%; London 12.1%. The...
View ArticleSales drop by a third at Foxtons
It’s the danger of being such a London-centric operation at a time like this… sales are down a third at Foxtons in just three months. The agency has issued a profit warning, blaming the EU referendum...
View ArticleAre landlords planning a co-ordinated rent rise?
Following the failure of a judicial review to overturn recent punitive tax measures hitting the private rental sector, the Axe the Tenant Tax campaign is discussing options, including - according to...
View ArticleMonday morning linkage - landlords' tax affairs, a walkthrough
Brexit and stalling sales [New Statesman]How can a landlord become a limited company? [This Is Money]Interior designers’ favourite brands [Daily Telegraph]Gulf investors spurned on by weak pound [The...
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