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The London Property Podcast
Hosted by Farnaz Fazaipour — londonproperty.co.uk
Independent intelligence for serious London property owners and investors.
Every episode cuts through the noise with 30 years of prime London market experience no estate agent spin, no vested interests. Just honest insight on where the market is moving, what the legislation means for your wealth, and where the real opportunities are.
Trusted by 1,500 HNWI members across the UK and internationally.
Topics include prime and super-prime London, leasehold reform, IHT planning, rental market shifts, regeneration hotspots, and the tax and legal changes every serious owner needs to understand.
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Episodes
353 episodes
The New Owners of Prime London. The Keys Are Changing Hands.
The people being forced to sell prime London right now are not who you think. Not developers. Not buy-to-let landlords. Highly-paid professionals who bought at the peak and can't refinance — facing surveyor downvaluations of 10–17% and prime ce...
London Property Market Update: Leasehold, Tax & Rising Rents | Weekly Bulletin
Thirty years in prime central London, one independent view on the week's property news. This week: ground rent reform from the estate's side, rising rents as landlords exit, mansion tax speculation at £1.5m, a spike in inheritance tax investiga...
Policy first. Damage later. 30 years watching the same pattern repeat.
Farnaz Fazaipour has spent 30 years in prime central London, running an independent platform built on personal recommendation and serving 1,500 HNWI members. In this solo episode: why property is the irresistible political football, how one lin...
Income tax, VAT and national insurance are off limits. Everything else is under review.
News Bulletin — 8 July 2026. Six stories through the prime London property lens.This week: Burnham puts property tax on the table with a land value tax under consideration; Westminster debates a £5 million investor visa; Knight Frank's ...
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The £400M Problem With UK Conveyancing — And What To Do Before Reform Arrives
One in three UK property transactions never completes — costing consumers £400 million a year and the wider economy £1.5 billion. Drawing on 30 years in Prime Central London, Farnaz Fazaipour explains why conveyancing is broken by design, what ...
Institutional Money Moves In: Six Stories Reshaping London's Property Market This Week
This week's bulletin covers six stories and together they point to one of the most consequential structural shifts in the market in a single quarter. Morgan Stanley acquiring 3,200 London rentals for over a billion pounds. Smaller landlor...
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London Property News: Home-Buying Reform, SDLT Surge & the £1bn PRS Deal
Six stories. Prime London lens. What matters to owners this week.Stamp duty bills have risen 194% over the past decade — four times faster than house prices. In prime London that burden is quietly keeping people in properties that no lon...
Could 67% of Your Pension Disappear in Tax? What Every London Property Owner Needs to Know Before April 2027
From April 2027, unspent pension pots will be subject to inheritance tax for the first time and for HNWI London property owners, the combined effect of IHT and income tax could leave families with as little as a third of what was saved. Farnaz ...
What Happens When You Regulate the Market But Not the People Advising It?
For almost 30 years, the same structural problem has repeated: the government regulates property owners directly because the agents advising them carry no professional accountability. No licence. No exams. No liability. In this Friday Opinion, ...
Is Prime London Liquidity Tightening? Five Market Stories You Need to Watch This Week.
Five things worth knowing this week.1. Prices dip, transactions drop.Halifax confirmed a 0.1% fall in UK house prices in May. London and the South East led the decline. Residential transactions fell 3% in April to just over 101,000....
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Safety Beats Tax
For 18 months, the dominant narrative out of prime London has been departure — non-doms leaving, capital relocating to the Gulf and beyond. Gary Hersham, with 40 years at the top of this market, is hearing something different: Gulf-based client...
Overseas Buyers Retreat 30%. Prime London Holds
Farnaz Fazaipour, founder of London Property, has spent 30 years in prime central London advising high-net-worth clients independently. This is her Tuesday Bulletin for 3 June 2026.Six stories this week: a 30% retreat by overseas buyers;...
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Gulf Wealth Is Coming Back to London
Gary Hersham, founder of Beauchamp Estates and one of London's longest-standing prime market figures, returns to the London Property Podcast for a conversation with Farnaz Fazaipour on the state of prime central London in 2026.Gary discu...
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At What Point Does a Tax Stack Become a Deterrent?
UK property tax is now 3.7% of GDP — the highest of any major economy. The Treasury is asking whether overseas owners of £2m+ homes should pay an additional levy on top of the new mansion tax — the FT calls it an "oligarch premium". And yet cen...
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The Rich List exodus, Knight Frank on bonds, £53m St John's Wood, leasehold friction, landlord rents and AI broking
Six stories shaping prime London this week. The Sunday Times Rich List exodus and the quieter arrivals taking their place. Knight Frank's warning that bonds, not base rate, are the swing factor. A £53m purchase in St John's Wood. Leasehol...
Are HNWI owners ready for what's coming next in prime London?
Six stories shaping prime London this week. The Trump effect drives more Americans to London. New land transparency rules tighten the net on offshore ownership. MEES 2030 puts a £30,000 fine on the horizon for landlords. Polling reveals 4...
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London Property News - Rent Controls Rejected. Leasehold Splits. IHT Net Widens
Six stories shaping prime London this week. The Times pushes back on rent controls and Pennycook rejects them. BTL lending rose 21% year-on-year in Q4 2025 — the landlord fightback is quieter than the exodus, but under way. Leasehold refo...
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The Renters Rights Act Explained, A Plain English Guide for Prime London Landlords (May 2026)
From 1 May 2026, the Renters Rights Act ends Section 21, abolishes fixed-term tenancies, caps upfront rent at one month, and makes it illegal to refuse tenants on benefits or with children. In this episode Farnaz walks through every chang...
1 May Changes Everything for Prime London Landlords, Renters' Rights Act, Prime Rents, and London as a Cautionary Tale
The rules change on Friday. The Renters' Rights Act 2025 takes effect on 1 May 2026, and the era of landlord discretion is over. This week: what 1 May really means for prime portfolios, why rents are climbing as landlords reposition, why ...
Section 21 Gone. IHT Capped. Sales Down 41%. Prime London This Week
Five stories every prime London property owner needs this week. Section 21 abolition is 11 days away and most landlords still aren't ready with a physical delivery deadline for the government information sheet on 31 May and fines up...
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Is Prime Central London Bottoming Out, or Just Getting Started?
Prime central London is correcting hard in early 2026. Transactions have halted, values are down 15–20%, and capital is quietly moving to Malta, Dubai and Riyadh. Ben Sloane joins Farnaz Fazaipour on Word from the Street to explain wha...
Prime London Property Market Q1 2026: What's Really Happening?
Silvina Paz a prime central London property consultant with over 13 years' experience joins Farnaz Fazaipour for the Q1 2026 market update.Silvina gives her unfiltered read: prices down ~20% from peak, off-market stock at its highe...
Iran Conflict, Gulf Rental Surge & the April 2027 Tax Deadline: Prime London Property News Bulletin
This week's London Property News Bulletin — 14 April 2026.We break down six stories prime London property owners need to understand this week:1. Iran conflict rattling UK seller confidence failed sales hit 24.4% in March, ...
Prime Central London Down 25% Since 2014 Belgravia & Knightsbridge Off 30%: Is the Bottom Near?
Farnaz Fazaipour is joined by Kris Ericsson, prime central London specialist, for one of the most data-rich market assessments of 2026.Kris shares the numbers few people in the market will say on record: prime central London is now 20–2...
Prime London 2026: Vendors Discounting Heavily, Buyers Demanding Real Value & Where the Market Goes Next
Farnaz Fazaipour is joined by Jeremy Davidson for a frank assessment of where prime London property prices actually stand in 2026.Jeremy's view is direct: the market has not fully corrected. In high-value areas like Chelsea and Kensingt...
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