The Market
Chelsea agency makes a move on Spain
Longstanding Chelsea estate agency Maskells has teamed up with an overseas partner to offer clients access to prime Spanish stock.
Villa Colorado in Marbella, on the market at €11.9m
A-list Caribbean holiday home asks $60m
Chestertons has been instructed to sell a famous celebrity haunt on the west coast of Barbados.
Portal names ‘biggest spenders’ in the luxury property market
High-end international property portal LuxuryEstate.
In Pictures: Inside the incredible Woolmers Park Estate
With 232 acres of completely private land, a Grade II* listed Georgian country house, a famous polo club and some serious provenance, Woolmers Park Estate in Hertfordshire is what you'd call "the whole…
Volumes up but prices down in Scotland
The latest Registers of Scotland figures have shown an 18.2% year-on-year rise in resi transactions in Q1, although the average property price fell by 8.4%.
Investor charge drives big rise in cash purchases across prime London
New figures have shown that 40% of the properties purchased in Prime London over the last three months were bought in cash, as investors charged on the capital.
Big sales boost for Foxtons but Q2 looks ‘challenging’
Foxtons has reported a chunky rise in sales commissions in Q1 as buyers rushed to complete before the April stamp duty deadline.
Total group revenue worked out at £38.
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.
Record price achieved on Hyde Park Gardens Mews
Lurot Brand has tucked away a house on Hyde Park Gardens Mews at a punchy £2,326 per square foot, thereby earning the street the title of "W2's most expensive mews".
The buyer paid £3.
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.
Rubies & Rusticarians: The five tribes revolutionising English village life
"The 21st-century village is not the quaint place of yesterday" says Strutt & Parker, as it analyses the evolution of the English idyll from twee Cranford to a dynamic mini-hub populated by Rusticarians,…
Chelsea Barracks apartments ‘already selling at £4,500 psf’
It's been claimed that Qatari Diar has already sold off a batch of super-prime units at Chelsea Barracks, ahead of the official launch later this year.