Docklands News

Capital’s homebuyers face stamp duty shock

18th July 2014

The cost of the average London home is rapidly approaching the £500,001 mark, meaning stamp duty bills will jump 36% for many homebuyers.

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Iconic London hubs to transform

18th July 2014

The Evening Standard takes a look at number of areas in London which are undergoing serious change, including the Canary Wharf Groups “rebranding” of London’s Docklands, to be unveiled next week, despite 10 major projects already being worked on in the area.

Source:   Evening Standard (16/07/2014)

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The right buyer

18th July 2014

The FT considers what sort of buyer might purchase the portfolio of 1,439 flats planned for rental at the Olympic Village in London by developer Delancey and the property arm of the Qatari sovereign wealth fund,

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Stratford: from wasteland to wonderland

11th July 2014

Stratford has come a long way since the days when it was best known as an inaccessible industrial wasteland.

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Royal Wharf: South Bank experience in a Docklands setting

11th July 2014

The Daily Telegraph looks at how the “South Bank experience” – apartment living close to the banks of the Thames – is spreading east, with a look at the new schemes springing up in the Docklands area.

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Mansion tax could help solve London's housing shortage

11th July 2014

Tony Travers, director of the London School of Economics, writes in the Standard that housing taxes could help to build the homes London needs.

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