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Savills partners with Miami firm
Savills has joined forces with a major player on the Florida real estate scene.
True Romance: Inside the £20m Somerset heartbreaker
Described as "England's most romantic estate", the achingly beautiful Compton Castle has reportedly just changed hands for around £20m, which would also make it the most expensive property ever sold…
213 super-prime units due for completion in PCL this year; development market ‘vibrant’
Resi development in the capital remained "vibrant" in Q2, according to new analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, with strong levels of construction starts and sales.
Heronslea draws on Mayfair luxe for ‘super-suburb’ scheme
Hertfordshire developer Heronslea Group is hoping to up the luxury stakes in deepest north London with its latest project.
Kebbell kicks off new Sunningdale project
Hi-spec housebuilder Kebbell Homes has started work on a new scheme to deliver a batch of apartments and a mighty detached residence on Lady Margaret Road in Sunningdale.
Cambridge trounces Oxford to top university property league
Sambucas will soon be lit up and down the country in an age-old ceremony to mark the start of the new academic year, but which university towns and cities have been on fire in real estate terms?
‘Remarkable’ summer for high-end Yorkshire agent
A prime-focused agency in York has reported a "remarkable" few months, after agreeing £17m worth of deals at an average of £1.9m a pop.
Pizza peer selling Mayfair block for £80m?
A prime slice of South Audley Street is reportedly being sold off for a cool £80m.
SDLT reforms ‘backfire’ as London investors split purchases
Buying agency Black Brick has laid into the government's decision to up stamp duty rates for high-value homes, after observing a big knock-on effect in the lower price ranges.
Another Strand success for Enstar as major expansion plans align
Investment outfit Enstar Capital has just sold a consented 12-unit luxury scheme on the Strand for £12.25m, the firm's third play on the famous thoroughfare.
London’s latest dinner party boast? The PCL vendors ‘anti-marketing’ their properties
Without wanting to burden you with another buzzphrase, it seems the "anti-marketing" campaign is all the rage in prime central London at the moment.
Prime London sales generating lower stamp duty revenues post-reform
If the government were looking to boost Treasury coffers from the change to stamp duty, it looks as if they'll be sorely mistaken.