The year 2020 is coming to an end, and there has been a lot of activity till now. From changing Tier restrictions, delays in the property purchasing or selling process, changes in regulations and the stamp duty holiday deadline looming closer and closer, adding to the...
ROB CLIFFORD | STONEBRIDGE @ financialreporter.co.uk Firstly, those opportunities which are not just within the additional property/second home/buy-to-let sphere, because this is a catch-all offering and, at its heart, is once again probably designed to help...
Martina Lees Friday July 24 2020, 12.01am, The Times Will you be going away this stamp duty holiday? Perhaps the desk in your bedroom and the scrap of garden just won’t do in the new normal, or you’ve been itching to move since before the coronavirus lockdown. But how...
Wallpaper Interview with Lilium’s Head of Specs and Architecture Riko Sebbe The next wave of electric aviation, big and small, is aimed at speeding us up as well as reducing emissions. However, new infrastructure is needed if it’s to make serious in-roads into our...
Feargus O'Sullivan writer for City Lab | Illustrator is Josh KramerAthens polikatoikias — concrete apartments with tiered balconies — were built quickly to create affordable housing, but their design has stood the test of time. On first glance, a typical...
Bloomberg Business Week by Kristen V. Brown. ILLUSTRATION: ROSE WONG FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK Past pandemics also forced a rethinking of physical space. It’s painfully clear that our world has been constructed for a reality that no longer exists. Crowded subway...
Great Big Story Presents Australia's Underground HomesCoober Pedy is a small desert town in Australia where the entire population lives in underground homes. With outside temperatures hovering over 100 degrees, residents made permanent homes in the cooler temperatures...
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has received evidence of a new scam targeting homeworkers on video communications platform, Zoom. Homeworkers are receiving bogus texts and emails claiming to be from the popular Microsoft platform. One message claims...
Ingenious Rethink 2025 longlist promises better built future As the UK government promises billions of investment in infrastructure and homes the architecture profession has been designing the things that would make Britain – and other countries – better in the wake...
Strong performance during Covid-19 lockdown period - Savills Spotlight! It is extraordinary to think how much the world has changed since our last market update at the start of 2020. The personal and professional challenges resulting from the pandemic are...
Reduced rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will apply for residential properties purchased from 8 July 2020 until 31 March 2021 inclusive. Residential Rates on purchases from 8 July 2020 to 31 March 2021 If you purchase a residential property between 8 July 2020 to...