Buyer gathers up £11m former home of high society dressmaker in Kensington
Striking red-brick townhouse on Eldon Road used to belong to the celebrated fashion designer Sir Hardy Amies, official dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II.
Former Oxfordshire home of Dame Agatha Christie seeks buyer
Savills Henley has been instructed on a Queen Anne-style pile that inspired some of the greatest crime novels of the 20th Century.
In Pictures: Kensington super-home hits the market at £24.5m
Townhouse and mews combo on Bedford Gardens is ‘one of the most unique houses to come to the market in Kensington’ and would suit a musician or celebrity, suggest agents.
Adjaye’s iconic ‘Lost House’ finds a buyer
Extraordinary King's Cross residence designed by the RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner hit the sales market last year.
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Rising star joins super-prime brokerage as its youngest PCL director
Chelsea specialist Jessica Moreton has made the move to UK Sotheby’s International Realty from Douglas & Gordon.
Homes of the Rich & Famous: Celebrity-owned properties sell twice as fast as ‘normal’ listings
An A-list occupant can generate a huge buzz for a new instruction, reports Beauchamp Estates, but the effect on the property's value is less obvious.
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Chestertons bolsters London super-prime lettings team
Big-brand estate agency eyes 'strategic growth' in top-end rental sector with new Head of Super Prime Lettings.
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Stamp Duty ‘should be abolished as part of a wholesale reform of property taxation’
'SDLT certainly should not be increased,' declares an in-depth new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and 'a well-designed tax system would have no place for SDLT at all.'
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Super-prime North London mansion frozen in international fraud probe
Luxury Avenue Road residence, City office block and West End flats among £130mn of London property identified in crackdown on alleged global fraud operation.
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Grosvenor names new UK CEO
Jamie Whitty-Lewis has been promoted following James Raynor's move to lead the international property business.
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Luxury agency sells brace of storied PCL penthouses
Beauchamp Estates confirms sales of Belgravia and Marylebone apartments once home to Christine McVie and Mick Jagger, as part of a £100mn run of deals.
Innovo lines up debut London resi play opposite Lord’s
First outing for UK arm of Middle Eastern luxury property giant to deliver 89 new homes in collaboration with a 'best-in-class' design team.
First Look: Valouran opens sales at Bishops Avenue Gardens
Super-prime developer's 36-unit scheme aims to usher in a 'new era' of luxury living on Billionaires' Row.
Former Property Vision advisor launches Home Counties buying agency
Eddie Ruggles-Brise has set up an indie agency.
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