London Property

Menu
Menu
Menu

Editor

Proportional Property Tax London: Direction Is Clear

News Bulletin /

A new report claims London homeowners collectively underpay £3.1 billion a year under a council tax system still pegged to 1991 values — reviving the case for a proportional property tax in London. Labour MPs are simultaneously moving to close a loophole that cut one billionaire’s bill by £18 million. And yet international capital keeps backing London: Gulf and Indian investors are buying prime property in bulk, high-value mortgage lending is rising as wealthy buyers use debt as a planning tool, and 4,629 completed new builds sit unsold. Tax pressure at home. Capital pull from abroad. Scarcity, not sentiment, sets prime London values.

Proportional Property Tax London: Direction Is Clear Read More »

C

Mansion Tax Threshold London: Net Widens to £1.5m

News Bulletin /

The mansion tax threshold in London is reportedly being cut from £2 million to £1.5 million — more than doubling the number of homes caught and pulling thousands of ordinary zone 1 owners into scope. Beneath that headline, the frozen inheritance tax nil rate band continues pulling more estates into charge as values rise. Meanwhile the market is splitting: prime central London sits 26% below peak as British buyers step in, while 88% of inner London flats listed last year failed to find a buyer within six months. Tax and tenure now matter as much as postcode.

Mansion Tax Threshold London: Net Widens to £1.5m Read More »

Renters Rights Act Landlord Impact: Banks Now Devalue

Market Insights /

Banks are now devaluing rental property because of the Renters’ Rights Act — and that is just the beginning. Marc von Grundherr of Benham & Reeves joins Farnaz Fazaipour to unpack the on-the-ground reality behind the reform: the upfront payment ban hitting overseas students, the three-months-arrears trap for mortgaged landlords, lenders repricing build-to-rent for loss of security of tenure, the non-dom retreat, planning gridlock, and where the smart money is moving to avoid the Act’s reach entirely.

Renters Rights Act Landlord Impact: Banks Now Devalue Read More »

Prime London Property Tax: Who Pays and Who Plans

Market Insights /

As the UK’s tax regime tightens, European cities a short flight from London are positioning themselves as lower-tax alternatives for the capital’s super-rich. The Holme in Regent’s Park has sold for £190 million — one of London’s largest ever residential deals. Buy-to-let net returns have fallen to just above 1%. The EU is moving to restrict holiday home purchases by non-residents. And purpose-built student accommodation is facing new policy risk. Six stories. One prime London lens. Here is what serious owners need to know this week.

Prime London Property Tax: Who Pays and Who Plans Read More »

mansion tax

Mansion Tax Prime London: From Proposal to Process

News Bulletin /

The mansion tax in prime London has moved from proposal to process. Government assessors are now visiting homes worth more than £2 million ahead of the autumn budget, preparing to place them in a new, higher council tax band. For prime central London — where much of the stock sits above the threshold — the real question is not whether, but how each home will be valued and by whom. This week’s bulletin also covers super-prime tenants paying up to £40,000 a week to avoid stamp duty, the Duke of Westminster easing energy retrofits on listed homes, Amancio Ortega’s £150 million London build-to-rent acquisition, and a hardening debate on leasehold reform.

Mansion Tax Prime London: From Proposal to Process Read More »

Prime London Property Market: The £20m Buyer Is Younger

News Bulletin /

The £20 million buyer in prime London is getting younger — and buying completely differently. Tech founders in their 30s and 40s are stripping Chelsea townhouses back for cryotherapy rooms and digital detox floors. This week’s prime London property market bulletin also covers the widening north-south price split, Labour’s mansion tax and the Valuation Office preparing to price high-value homes directly, the short autumn window for commonhold reform, HMRC tightening the paperwork on Section 162 incorporation relief, and a £1.83 billion bridging market keeping stalled chains alive. Six stories. One prime London lens.

Prime London Property Market: The £20m Buyer Is Younger Read More »

Prime London Property News: Overseas Owners Step Back

News Bulletin /

New HMRC disposal data shows overseas owners stepping back from top-end UK residential property — and tax, not sentiment, is driving the retreat. This week’s prime London property news also covers IHT refunds on falling values, the Renters’ Rights Act slowing the student lettings market, planning permissions at a twenty-year low, tighter rules on pub-to-residential conversions, and air conditioning quietly becoming a standard buyer expectation in prime London. Six developments. One independent read on what they mean for owners, investors, and advisers.

Prime London Property News: Overseas Owners Step Back Read More »

Can You Still Make Money as a London Landlord?

Market Insights /

Ten weeks in, and the Renters’ Rights Act is no longer a debate — it is the operating reality. The headline change is simple: landlords can no longer demand months of rent upfront as the price of a tenancy. But the street is telling a more complicated story. The Act fixes an ugly problem at the bottom of the market and hands a planning problem to the top. Both are true at once. Here is the unfiltered view from 30 years in prime central London.

Can You Still Make Money as a London Landlord? Read More »

Prime London Property Market: The Tax That Doesn’t Exist Yet

News Bulletin /

The prime London property market is being moved this week by a tax that does not yet exist. Speculation over how Andy Burnham will reshape property taxation is already doing the damage the reforms themselves have not — buyers and sellers are hesitating, and prime London, where transactions are already thin, feels it first. Six stories this week: the uncertainty tax freezing decisions, the Fairer Share model unsettling build-to-rent investors, Britain’s landlords internationalising, overseas funds behind nearly one in ten UK purchases, a leasehold consultation with high stakes for prime central London, and three bidders circling the £350 million Fizzy Living portfolio.

Prime London Property Market: The Tax That Doesn’t Exist Yet Read More »

Building Safety Regulator London: What Every Prime Property Owner Needs to Know

Market Insights /

The shift to the Building Safety Regulator has been one of the most disruptive changes in UK construction in a generation — and most prime London property owners do not yet understand its full implications. Approved inspectors who couldn’t meet the new standards have gone into liquidation, leaving a growing BSR backlog of transitional cases. Developers face delays. Service charges are rising. And anyone owning, buying, or renovating a flat in a building over 18 metres is now operating under a completely different regulatory framework. Farnaz Fazaipour sits down with architect Nicholas Boyarsky for an honest, expert account of what is actually happening — and what owners need to do now.

Building Safety Regulator London: What Every Prime Property Owner Needs to Know Read More »

Ask us anything, we will have a solution.