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New build values in Mayfair “to triple by 2050”
Shrill accusations and sullen aftermaths - who doesn't love a good old-fashioned "game" of Monopoly? Well it seems the geniuses behind the boardgame were also purveyors of uncannily reliable real estate…
Mayfair penthouse sells for £19.5m (a 400% price increase in 16 years)
A penthouse on Park Lane has just sold for £19.5m, breaking the £4,000 per square foot barrier and achieving a 400 per cent appreciation since being sold by the same agent in 1996.
Try before you buy
High-end holiday / property company Clarenco is trying to entice buyers for a bunch of its luxury and unusual properties by offering prospective purchasers the chance to try before they buy..
Bond Girls and Beatles: great for selling houses
A canny bit of promo from Knightsbridge estate agent Kaye & Carey points out that Ringo Starr's luxury pad, that he shared with his 'Bond Girl' missus Barbara Bach, has hit the market.
Open House Day generates offers worth over £32m
Strutt & Parker's 8th National Open House Day, which took place this October, produced over £32m worth of offers for properties registered with the firm.
New research boss for Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed a new head of UK Research
UK Property Awards: The Winners
The prime property industry was out in force on Friday for the UK Property Awards at the London Marriott Hotel on Grosvenor Square, with Oliver Burns's Walpole Mayfair and the Lakes by yoo each scooping…
Poole Harbour luxury development unveiled
Development Securities and Haxted Estates have unveiled a rather natty new luxury development overlooking Poole Harbour, next to the Sandbanks Peninsula
Big guns battle to be “Property Advisor of the Year”
This year's Property Advisor category at the Spear's Wealth Management Awards is dominated by the behemoths: of the five shortlisted property finders, three are subsidiaries of major estate agents or banks
Prime Paris on the move…(as UK rolls out more red carpet)
A quick update on the "Monsieur Flip-Flop" effect that we've been keeping an eye on recently..
Merchant Square, W2: over 50% sold off-plan
3 Merchant Square, the luxury development in Paddington by European Land and Property Limited, is now over 50% sold off plan, bringing-in over £100m in sales.
Ballymore cancels Bangkok show after Singapore sell-out
London property developer Ballymore has postponed a planned property showcase in Bangkok because of better-than-expected sales in Singapore, says Andrew Batt