Stamp duty weighing on luxury housing market, says Berkeley
High-end housebuilder says transaction levels in London and south-east have been hit by tax increase
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London luxury homebuilder warns of ‘challenging’ market conditions
Capco, which is redeveloping the site of Earls Court exhibition centre, sees shares fall amid concerns over a supply glut
Surreal estate: inside Margaret Thatcher’s Chester Square retreat
It’s received Ronald Reagan and other heads of state, and given its bombproof door perhaps other less savoury offerings, too
London prime shop rents leap 9% in last quarter of 2015
Luxury retailers battle for prime central sites in trend towards operating fewer but more high-profile stores
‘It’s an insult’: Chinese property developers race to the top of London’s skyline
Giant luxury towers (with their own karaoke rooms) to spring up around the city as eastern investors look to Britain. But residents fear deals will force them out
Upper crust: buyers pay up to £5.5m for apartments with pizza lifts
Four luxury flats on the Strand sold for between £3m and £5.5m, with all mod cons including butler’s lift from restaurant next door