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What a great splash in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times by David Byers celebrating the importance of SAVE’s work safeguarding historic buildings - from castles to cotton mills, dept stores to stations - for future generations ♻️ #SAVEcampaigns #SAVE50 #reuse thetimes.com/life-style/pro…

Still on the hunt for great case studies here, if anyone is interested to talk!

Verdict: Barnet Labour councillors unite to reject the application. So almost £3m of investment, dozens of new jobs, a new health centre and a community sports facility are all rejected. The future of the 137-year-old football club is left precarious. Meanwhile Barnet Council

There are plenty of things you could pin at the door of the government, but the (long-standing) failure to sell the flats at the Shard for eye-watering £££ is not one of them. telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/….

Abso-bloody-lutely this ⬇️

Councils are hitting homeowners with extraordinary tax bills - up to £182k - for building extensions, annexes and self-builds because they made simple paperwork errors when applying for an exemption for CIL, a tax aimed at property developers thetimes.com/article/e6235b…

Ruinous tax bills are being issued to homeowners for carrying out modest home renovations under rules that were meant to be designed to get property developers to fund local services. Nightmare council bureaucracy plus computer says no. Melissa York thetimes.com/article/e6235b…

Almost 150,000 homeowners would have to pay billions of pounds more tax if the government bows to pressure from backbenchers and introduces a wealth tax on homes worth £2 million or more, an analysis for The Times and The Sunday Times has shown. thetimes.com/life-style/pro…

If implemented, a wealth tax will prove a sinker weight on both house prices and a colossal administrative task to reel in with properties in the Capital and south bringing in the biggest haul. David Byers The Times and The Sunday Times bit.ly/4m4VqxP

Houston, we have a problem 🤯

I spoke to a couple who bagged a £4 million Lake District pad with raffle company Omaze, which transformed their lives. We took an insider look at others, too, finding out how many winners actually kept their properties - and a few problems along the way thetimes.com/life-style/pro…

Whether you’re Left, Right or neither, the answer to “is the wealth tax a good idea” can’t be an article of faith. It comes down to evidence. Like this: taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/uk-…

No room for a pony, apparently. thetimes.com/article/4f9833…

Tax is driving swathes of London's property market towards the cliff-edge thetimes.com/life-style/pro…

This obituary is absolutely the maddest one you'll read all year thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/…

Crystal Palace believe today’s confirmation that John Textor has sold his shares to Woody Johnson will help them in their upcoming CAS appeal. Textor has nothing to do with the club any more so Palace feel there’s no reason why they shouldn’t play in the Europa League - there can

The number of borrowers looking to longer terms to get on the ladder, increased by 251% from 2019 to 30,338 in 2024. Many hoping they will be earning more in the future to pay down sooner. For those, less fortunate, retirement will be set back (which will inevitably happen anyway

While this might be an obvious move for any rational government, in any normal economic situation, stamp duty is incredibly lucrative for the Treasury - so it's not going to happen right now ft.com/content/436783…

Really excellent and powerful piece by Martina Lees which perfectly sums up the lunacy of our planning system thetimes.com/article/af387a…

"Downsizer concierges" are being employed by #Folkestone multimillionaire Roger de Haan to hold the hands of nervous older people who want to sell their homes and buy luxury flats in his development. Will the strategy help to speed up sales? thetimes.com/article/85f8b7…