PrimeResi Journal

‘Frantic’ night for HNW advisors following Chancellor’s SDLT surprise: Buyers given hours to get deals over the line before higher rate kicks in - but will there be a longer-term impact on the PCL market?

‘Not the pre-Halloween horror show we had braced ourselves for’: Property Industry Reactions to the Autumn Budget 2024: Featuring insights from: Dominic Agace, Tim Bannister, PC Chawla, Lucian Cook, Becky Fatemi, Guy Gittins, Mark Harris, Nina Harrison, Adam Jennings, Nick Leeming, Roarie Scarisbrick, Nicky Stevenson, Geoff Wilford & more...

‘This Budget raises taxes by £40bn’: Reeves targets second homes, inheritance, capital gains & non-doms: Stamp Duty on additional homes is going up from tomorrow, but there's no change to CGT on residential property.

ICYMI: Foxtons buys two commuter-town estate agencies: The acquisitions expand Foxtons Group's network into 'new complementary growth markets', adding thousands of tenancies to the Plc's lettings portfolio.

ICYMI: Buyer exchanges on £70mn London property in pre-Budget mega-deal: What jitters? Agency ties up one of the largest super-prime sales of 2024, just days before the biggest fiscal event in years.

ICYMI: In Pictures: Neo-Georgian mansion in Hampshire asks £12.5mn: Super-prime new-build sits in 30 acres of countryside near Haslemere.

ICYMI: Valuation Viewpoint: London’s not so golden postcodes: James Wyatt's clutch of gold sovereigns has outperformed the PCL property market by some distance over the last 15 years.

ICYMI: Ollie Marshall: BRICS & mortar: Whatever happens in the Budget, it is small beer compared to other forces at play globally, says top buying agent.

ICYMI: Housing Minister reaffirms commitment to regulate estate agents: The Government has promised to bring in long-awaited RoPA rules 'in due course'.

ICYMI: New Alexander Hall chief leads rebrand: Mortgage lender has followed the lead of its sister estate agency Foxtons.