British Land sells historic City townhouses for c.£70m
Gem Hotels has acquired all 92 serviced apartments at Wardrobe Court, near St Paul's Cathedral.
Dreams tycoon sells off remarkable portfolio of historic coastal properties
The three Solent Forts and Scotland's C15th Ackergill Tower are being offered for sale at £14.9m
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‘Incredibly rare’ trophy asset comes to market in Kensington for £50 million
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Student digs to super-home: Historic former Rectory at Lambeth Palace resurrected as an ultra-prime mansion
Dating from the 1700s and set in half an acre of grounds backing onto Archbishop's Park, one of London's most important Georgian gems has been undergoing an ultra-prime resi conversion since being sold…
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Buyer exchanges on £70mn London property in pre-Budget mega-deal
What jitters? Agency ties up one of the largest super-prime sales of 2024, just days before the biggest fiscal event in years.
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£30mn ‘masterpiece’ sold in west London
10,000-plus sq ft freehold townhouse on the banks of Regent's Canal is one of Little Venice's finest.
‘This Budget raises taxes by £40bn’: Reeves targets second homes, inheritance, capital gains & non-doms
Stamp Duty on additional homes is going up from tomorrow, but there's no change to CGT on residential property.
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Foxtons buys two commuter-town estate agencies
The acquisitions expand Foxtons Group's network into 'new complementary growth markets', adding thousands of tenancies to the Plc's lettings portfolio.
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BRICS & Mortar: Ollie Marshall on how Russia’s latest diplomacy could shift global real estate markets
Whatever happens in Rachel Reeves' Budget, it is small beer compared to other forces at play globally, says top buying agent.
‘Back-to-brick’ renovation in Chelsea delivers trio of rental apartments
Boutique developer reinvents period mansion block on Sloane Gardens, with a modern take on traditional British design.
Agency ties up England’s biggest land sale of the last 30 years
The Wildlife Trusts have agreed to acquire the 9,500-acre Rothbury Estate, which has been in the Percy family for seven centuries.
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Second-home buyers race to beat SDLT deadline
UPDATED: Agencies finalise series of 'rapid' high-end sales in Prime Central London following surprise tax hike announced in the Autumn Budget.
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