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...The number of visitors to the district has grown, and the estate now includes thousands of units of housing....
...This will include plans to alter rules around fractional shares and long-term asset funds, a type of open-ended fund invested in illiquid assets including private equity and real estate....
...As a result, Canary Wharf Group has sought to diversify the estate from its traditional focus on financial services offices by adding residential buildings, hospitality venues and retail outlets....
...the children’s homes estate....
...The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its 12-month house price expectations score, which measures the difference between the percentage of estate agents forecasting rises and falls in home prices...
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is drawing up plans for a 99 per cent mortgage scheme ahead of the Budget, according to officials, as the Conservatives seek to reassure voters that the party is on the side of homebuyers...
...But he warned that bigger productivity gains would “only be realised if the NHS’s crumbling estates are addressed too”....
...Neither London’s benchmark FTSE 100 nor the mid-cap FTSE 250 shifted significantly following UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement....
...The levy, set at 40 per cent on the value of an estate above a threshold of £325,000, is expected by the OBR to raise £7.2bn in 2023-24....
...Downing Street on Wednesday played down suggestions that Hunt would target inheritance tax at the Budget, pointing out that “the vast majority” of estates — more than 96 per cent — are not hit by the tax...
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to be handed a multibillion-pound boost by official forecasters next week, paving the way for a package of pre-election tax cuts....
...Lucian Cook, head of residential research at estate agent Savills, said the measures appeared tailored to “‘raise more revenue, as much as to address the housing crisis”....
...Inheritance tax is set at 40 per cent on the value of an estate above a threshold of £325,000....
...Fairhurst said spending on the service in the current financial year was already £100mn over budget, in part because the estate was at capacity....
...But he also announced two sticks, of increased taxes on some real estate investors....
...The estate already houses a number of organisations in the sector, including Genomics England, Barts Health NHS Trust and the General Pharmaceutical Council....
...deepening crisis around the safety of the education estate....
...Just two months ago, Jeremy Hunt warned tax cuts were “virtually impossible”. On Wednesday the UK chancellor made a dramatic political pivot as he unveiled £20bn of tax cuts in the Autumn Statement....
...France’s Cac 40 gained 0.3 per cent, while London’s FTSE 100 added 0.1 per cent ahead of UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement....
...In the UK, online estate agent Zoopla releases its house price index, amid high interest rates and signs of strain in the housing market....
...The Grosvenor Estate decided to part ways with Corbin & King in 2018 when they put the lease of the Beaumont hotel back on the market as the business struggled with slow trading and high rents....
...Jeremy Leaf, an estate agent in London and a former residential chair of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), said the ONS data was the most comprehensive of all surveys because it includes...
...In the Spring Budget, however, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a restriction of charitable reliefs to UK charities....
...Overall, the services sector registered a 0.1 per cent fall in the three months to September, driven by a contraction in real estate, which reflects the impact of high interest rates on the property market...
...Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt believe voters are starting to see evidence of a recovery, with real wages rising and unemployment rates below 4 per cent....
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