Headlines for Thursday 19th September 2019
Residence One completes Belgravia mews project
Ben & Nick Wilson unveil their latest luxury endeavour – the complete rebuild of a house on the exclusive Eaton Mews North…
BPF invites Board applications to encourage diversity
For the first time, the British Property Federation is seeking expressions of interest to join the Board from across its membership
Iconic Salcombe estate hits the market
The only property in the south Devon sailing mecca with triple-aspect sea views, Fort Charles comes with a remarkable three acres of super-prime foreshore
Thousands could be reclaimed in inheritance tax following falling house prices
Families could reclaim thousands of pounds in inheritance tax, if executors end up selling an inherited property for less than its IHT valuation
Five Years On: How have transaction volumes fared since Osborne’s stamp duty bombshell?
Sales volumes in London’s priciest boroughs have tanked by over 20% since 2014, according to new analysis, compared to an average decline across England & Wales of 0.8%
How to build the perfect country house (part one)
An extraordinary and little-noticed change has swept over the countryside in the past 10 years. Building a new house used to be a minority interest, but now as many as half of the people looking to buy a house consider building a new one from scratch. Estate agents and property-search agents report that the chase is on to find the ideal site for competing buyers. In this first of two parts, the team at Redbook Agency, helmed by former Country Life editor Sandy Mitchell, walks us through the process of creating the perfect new country residence.
