Blogs by Lucian Cook

29 November 2012 - Economy

Lucian Cook is Director of Residential Research at Savills and author of ‘Taxing Mansions’ for the CPS. Over the course of 2012, the taxation of high value residential property has been at the forefront  of the political agenda.Top end property already makes a vastly disproportionate contribution to receipts from both stamp ...

21 March 2012 - Economy

Lucian Cook, Director of Residential Research at Savills and author of ‘Taxing Mansions’ for the CPS, blogs on the reports that the Chancellor will raise stamp duty on high-value properties in the budget. If today’s reports are correct, Chancellor George Osborne will increase the stamp duty rate on homes over £2m ...