Helen Ozolins
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Domino’s Pizza enters into joint venture with franchisee
WEEKEND PAPERS: Domino’s Pizza is entering into a joint venture agreement with an unidentified franchisee in London.
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Footfall down 1.1% in July
Footfall fell by 1.1% in July, as shoppers were deterred by storms and rainfall, figures from the British Retail Consortium and Springboard show.
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Liquidator of BHS starts legal action against Arcadia
The liquidator of BHS is starting legal action against Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia group.
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Calls for stamp duty to be cut
Stamp duty needs to be cut if the Conservatives are to win the next election, Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says.
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City of London in reverse takeover of Milton Homes
WEEKEND PAPERS: City of London Group has agreed a reverse takeover of Milton Homes for £20.2m.
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Purplebricks lettings director sold shares days before BBC documentary
WEEKEND PAPERS: Richard Jacques, lettings director with online estate agency Purplebricks, sold 60,000 shares in the company at the end of July, just days before the BBC broadcast a critical…
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Scottish shop vacancy rate edges higher
Scottish shop vacancy rates edged up to 9.3% in July from 9.2% in April, but remained below the 9.6% for the UK as a whole.
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Read this morning’s papers: Stamp duty concentration a risk/London buy-to-let investment falls
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals.
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Concentration of stamp duty revenue a risk
Stamp duty revenue is highly concentrated on sales of expensive properties, something that could present a risk, according to a report by the Office for Budget Responsibility on risks to…
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Manchester gains ground on London on buy-to-let investment
Landlords have reduced the level of investment in London by more than half, as recently introduced tax and regulatory changes bite.
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Repossessions and mortgage arrears at record lows
Both repossessions and the number of mortgages in arrears were at a record low in the second quarter, figures from UK Finance show.
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A third of privately rented homes fail decent homes standard
Nearly a third of privately rented homes do not meet the national decent homes standard, according to analysis by The Independent.