When you fail to regulate the gatekeeper, you end up regulating the entire market. Farnaz Fazaipour unpacks why UK property owners keep bearing the compliance burden — and why the agents advising them still face almost no professional scrutiny after three decades of debate.
Why Does the Government Keep Regulating Property Owners While Agents Face No Scrutiny? Read More »
A £1 billion institutional rental acquisition, small landlords selling up, overnight safety regulations, leasehold transparency reform, cautious overseas capital, and a possible Burnham government — this week’s six stories all point to the same structural shift in London property.
Stamp duty bills have risen 194% in a decade — four times faster than house prices. In prime London, that burden is quietly keeping people in properties that no longer suit them. This week’s bulletin covers six stories every serious owner and investor needs to know, from the government’s biggest home-buying shake-up in a generation to Morgan Stanley’s £1.05bn acquisition of London’s largest private rented sector portfolio.
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From April 2027, unspent pension pots will be subject to inheritance tax for the first time. For high-net-worth individuals who also own prime London property, the combined effect of IHT and income tax could leave families with as little as a third of what was saved. Farnaz Fazaipour is joined by Alan Kennedy, Managing Director of Trident Tax, to work through the numbers — and what needs to happen before the window closes.
Your Pension Could Lose 67% to Tax – Here’s What London Property Owners Must Do Read More »
The UK government has spent three decades regulating property owners while leaving the agents advising them unlicensed and unaccountable. In this Friday Opinion, Farnaz Fazaipour challenges where the compliance burden really belongs — and whether mandating agent regulation is the answer.
What Happens When You Regulate the Market But Not the People Advising It? Read More »
Transactions falling, legal complexity rising, planning reform shifting power to officers, the Remediation Bill adding to an already heavy regulatory stack, and India’s UHNWI population growing 27% by 2031 — five stories shaping the prime London property market this week and what they mean for serious owners and investors.
Is Prime London Liquidity Tightening? Five Market Stories You Need to Watch This Week. Read More »
Gary Hersham has taken five or six calls in recent weeks from Gulf-based clients who want to return to prime central London property — driven not by tax policy, but by a reassessment of personal safety. Farnaz Fazaipour breaks down what this means for trophy pricing, the £5–20 million segment, and whether prime central London has now found its floor.
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Six stories shaping the prime London property market this week: overseas buyers retreat 30%, planning reforms deliver just 7% of target, Gen X overconcentrated in property, the lights-out Mayfair phenomenon, a pension IHT deadline arriving in April 2027, and whether UK regulatory accumulation is deterring international capital for good.
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Of 11,000 prime London homes marketed this year, fewer than 1,000 sold. The reported 24% decline covers only the 10% that transacted. Here are four signals the headline indices cannot see — and what they mean for buyers, sellers, and investors in the prime London property market right now.
Prime London Property Market: What the Data Won’t Tell You Read More »
Gary Hersham of Beauchamp Estates joins Farnaz Fazaipour to discuss why Dubai’s wealthy are returning to prime London property, the psychology of trophy buyers, why development margins have collapsed, and whether the market has now stabilised.
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