The Market
Block, Stock & Quarrel: What happens when tenants fall out?
It is not uncommon for apartment blocks to be owned by the tenants living there, but what happens when they fundamentally disagree on how the building is being run? This can be tricky where tenants are …
Flight Moves: A buyer’s natural progression from London to the country
Sam McArdle & Claire Owen of The Buying Solution narrate a well-worn path followed by generations of Londoners; from a Royal Borough party pad to a Home Counties idyll...
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Not a new housing minister: Brandon Lewis keeps housing role
UPDATE: It turns out that Mark Francois' appointment to Housing Mininster was all just a bit of mix-up. Francois' name was mistakenly put up on the DCLG website...
Sole Agent: Flat above a fish and chip shop asks £5m
What could have been one of the punchiest asking prices of recent times has actually turned out to be a pretty good deal, considering the restaurant in question is actually Scott's of Mayfair...
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The Paris Market: Conditions improve for overseas buyers
The weakened Euro, abolition of some punitive taxes on non-resident owners and the continued fall in property prices have improved conditions for overseas buyers in the Paris property market, reports Laurent …
Government should charge for an enhanced planning services – BPF
The British Property Federation thinks that planners should follow the lead of Historic England, and introduce a charging system for enhanced planning services.
Day Of The Deals: Tory triumph triggers £200m sales surge in London
Friday 8th May 2015 has gone down alongside the Stamp Duty Stampede of 2014 as one of the most extraordinary days in prime resi history.
Friday's deals included the £2.6
West African buyers hone in on Mayfair
Harrods Estates has reported a surge in West African buyers looking to snap up prime pied-à-terres in London's Mayfair.
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Blue Skies: London property surges as Cameron locks out the Mansion Tax
We now have a dominant Conservative Party for the next five years, which should put Mansion Tax fears on ice for now at least, and drive a surge of activity at the top of the market, where many vendors a…
‘The property market in London will now go crazy’ – and other prime resi reactions to a Conservative triumph
The Conservatives will be the power party for the next five years, and they've even got a fully-fledged majority government.
In Pictures: The £15m St John’s Wood gut job
Right in the mixer between chichi Primrose Hill and swanky St John's Wood, Avenue Road is lined with some of the capital's most exclusive detached residences; you certainly won't get much change out of …
Prime Property of the Week: Decimus Maximus
York Terrace East, Regent's Park, London
£8.75m
Available for the first time in 32 whole years, this Grade II listed Crown Estate corker is ripe for a super-prime transformation.
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