Dominic Agace, CEO of M Winkworth PLC, gives his reaction to yesterday’s warning by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that the Bank of England should raise interest rates to 3.5 per cent by the end of next year in order to head off higher inflation.
Winkworth continues its UK expansion plans with the opening of a new office in Romsey. This is the third office opened in the UK this year, following openings in Bath and Northampton.
The Conservative MP and former shadow housing minister Grant Shapps was named as the new minister for housing late last week. Marc Wiehe and Alasdair Gibson give their reaction to Shapps’ appointment.
View a selection of some of our finest properties for sale and to rent in west London and catch up on what’s been happening in the local market.
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition agreement, released last week, includes plans to “seek a detailed agreement on taxing non-business capital gains at rates similar or close to those applied to income”. The government is yet to confirm when the planned raise in CGT will take place, currently at 18%, and by how much, although the levels suggested are 40-50%, or equivalent to ones marginal income tax rate.
Alex Thompson, Director at Winkworth Notting Hill, explains how people are already staring to think ahead should there be any changes in fiscal policy that may affect them…
Winkworth Battersea staff took to the platforms of Waterloo station in giant yellow hats to help raise money for the charity Marie Curie, as part of the Great Daffodil Appeal.
Winkworth welcomes the Conservatives-Liberal Democrats plans to abolish the Home Information Packs. Dominic Agace, CEO of Winkworth Franchising PLC, comments.
The thinnest house in Britain? For the second time, Winkworth Shepherd’s Bush have sold ‘the skinny house’
A hung parliament comes as no surprise and we can expect the government to be in limbo for the coming days, whilst a solution is agreed. This could be a positive result for the property market. Read on to find out more…