Overseas ownership
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Gove lobbying for tax on overseas resi buyers
The “foreign ownership levy” could raise up to £1bn
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Foreign ownership of UK firms hits record high
Overseas firms own 57.7% of shares, while UK pension funds own just 4.2%
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Thousands of offshore companies fail to declare UK property owners
Almost 13,000 have not declared beneficial owners, facing sales restrictions and fines
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Gulf royals hold £1bn of UK property offshore
Nearly 200 properties are held offshore by royal families from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar
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More than £55bn of London property owned by offshore companies
More than 138,000 properties held overseas, higher than Land Registry figures
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The re-vesting conundrum
Edward Francis considers the effect of dissolution and restoration of overseas companies
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Overseas ownership register launched
The foreign owners of UK property must be declared, or face fines and imprisonment