Real Estate Notes

Upcoming building safety deadlines - RPDT consultation and Planning Gateway One

So much for tax simplification…. the consultation on the proposed Residential Property Developer Tax is announced

20/21 State Budgets – Stamp duty changes in NSW and Victoria

Repurposing real estate assets - Five things to think about

Real Estate. Reconsidered

"Land for the Many" - potential future land reform under a Labour government

Real Estate Podcast EP3: Finance Bill 2018 – Impact on REITs

Following their blog post of 9 November 2018, in this podcast Herbert Smith Freehills partners Neil Warriner and Will Arrenberg and senior associate …

Finance bill 2018/19: Good news for overseas investors in UK Real Estate through offshore property unit trusts

It has been clear for some time that, from April 2019, non-UK residents would become subject to UK tax on gains when disposing of investments in UK …

HMRC wins landmark SDLT avoidance case

In a 4-1 ruling, the Supreme Court has found in favour of HMRC in the long-running saga of Project Blue Limited v. HMRC (2018) UKSC 30, to the effect …

Budget: Tax implications for real estate

Apart from a couple of pieces of good news, the Autumn Budget materials published earlier today contain a number of definite and potential changes to UK …

Autumn Statement – a tax ticking time-bomb for developers?

Author: Neil Warriner, Partner, Real Estate Tax, London From a real estate tax perspective, the Autumn Statement was a bit of a damp squib, but …

Releasing rights of light and development: 7 key questions

Author: Eidin Crowdy, Associate, Real Estate, London In this post, we address how a property developer may investigate whether rights of light affect his …