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![Russians in London given six months to reveal true ownership or sell-up](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20flag.png)
The UK government appears to have given sanctioned Russian property owners a get-out-of-jail card valid for six months. It’s been confirmed that...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government may seize homes of key Russians without compensation](/upload/images/library/MoneyLaundering-1-400x310.jpg)
The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Russians own substantial number of homes outside London too](/upload/images/library/London400x310.jpg)
A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Russian property sanctions will only hit prime central London](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine%202.png)
A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Law to reveal foreign owners may apply 20 years retrospectively](/upload/images/library/Law400x310.png)
It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Seize Putin’s Properties: Mayor wants drastic response to Ukraine](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SadiqKhan-400x310.png)
London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sanctions on Russian property could prompt exodus from UK - claim](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20flag.png)
An estate agency says retrospective investigations into Russian ownership of London properties could lead to substantial amounts of wealth moving out...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![London property may feature in sanctions against aggressive Russia](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-BlackandWhite-400x310.jpg)
It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![A Lesson for Agents from the Ukraine Crisis](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...
19 February 2022
From: Features
![Billionaires take advantage of prime London’s Covid price falls](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LondonRichHomes400x310.png)
Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![What leaving the EU means for anti-money laundering legislation](/img/default/eat.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...
12 December 2020
From: Features
![Brexit's Trump card: Sterling slump means rich US buyers flock to London](/img/default/eat.png)
A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![More rich foreigners buying in London is first fruit of Brexit says agent](/img/default/eat.png)
An outspoken high-end London estate agent says millionaire foreign buyers purchasing “cheap” properties in the capital represent what he calls “the...