The Market
‘Real momentum’ for Countrywide as exchanges rocket 30% in Q1
The number of property exchanges done by Britain's biggest property services group, Countrywide Plc, bounced up by nearly a third in the first three months of the year compared to Q1 2015
Buyer saves £750k by beating stamp duty deadline
It's come to light that a buyer in north London saved himself a handy £744,000 by pushing his £25m purchase through a few hours before the 3% stamp duty surcharge came into effect.
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Camden to follow RBKC in publishing planners’ advice
Camden Council has decided to publish its confidential pre-application planning advice after Kensington & Chelsea pioneered the idea earlier this year.
Lodha hires Savills man to drive London sales push
Lodha Group has poached a key member of Savills' international sales team to head up the marketing of its burgeoning central London pipeline.
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Showtime for Stanhope as buyers descend on BBC Television Centre
BBC Television Centre developer Stanhope has reported being "overwhelmed" by the response from punters at Saturday's official sales launch, as some brave souls stuck out a cold, damp April night for the…
PCL property price growth slows to a six-year low as London’s prime landscape shifts
It's all change in prime central London, as the annual rate of residential property price growth slowed to just 0.8
One Hyde Park apartment up for £22,500 a week
A 4,000 square foot, park-facing unit in Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park has just hit the rental market at £22,500 a week.
Brexit worries driving the downturn? Don’t make me laugh…
For the government to blame the increase in unemployment on Brexit worries is so fatuous as to be laughable, says Trevor Abrahmsohn..
Buyers bagging big discounts across PCL as vendors chop their prices
New stats have revealed the true extent to which prices are being slashed by vendors right across prime central London.
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Cash in the Attic: London’s untapped rooftop space worth ‘billions of pounds’
'If you have an expensive piece of land in any city centre in the world, you use it, but we have so much unused space in London and owners are unaware they can sell it'
Belief in house price performance slows – Knight Frank
While most householders across the country still think that the value of their homes are increasing, the strength of that belief seems to be waning.
£19.5m neo-classical mansion hits the market in West Sussex
One of the most impressive new-build country mansions we've seen in a while has just come on at a shade under £20m.