Miscellanea

Behemothic resi landlord Grainger PLC has awarded two more significant management contracts to Chesterton Humberts. 

CBRE has launched a six-year UK apprenticeship scheme - the first of its kind in the property sector - that will, to start with, offer 10 young people the opportunity to work towards becoming a fully qualified…

Grosvenor, the privately-owned international property group, has released a sturdy set of results this morning, with increased revenue profits in 2012 up by 8.2% to £87.4m.

Job's a good'un for property recruitment firm Deverell Smith Recruitment (DSR), who has just announced the launch of three new divisions - Property Finance, Legal and Marketing & PR - to coincide with…

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A leading charity has received over £1m after a Devon estate was successfully sold at auction, for £200,000 above the guide price.

Controversial plans to turn one of Chelsea's best-loved pubs into a super-prime home seem to have disappeared down the hatch today, as delirious reports filter in of the Phene Arms' purchase by the City…

Hamptons International's shiny new Amersham branch, which opened its doors last week, is inviting in the neighbourhood for a launch party complete with strolling jazz band and facepaint.

The fate of a decaying Gothic mansion described as the "Welsh Downton Abbey" hangs in the balance today, as a row between a local council, a developer, a local conservationist and an absent owner rages…

Vince Cable and senior Lib Dem figures have been flirting with the idea of voting with Labour on mansion tax tomorrow, but only if it's a "real commitment".

The Labour Party has published the motion for Tuesday's House of Commons vote on Mansion Tax and challenged the Lib Dems to back it.

In the second part of our series on what makes a proper property expert, buying agent Tom Hudson explains why putting a price on country houses is more art than science...