Miscellanea
Market Snapshot: Virginia Water & The Surrey Hills
Demand for homes is still strong in Surrey's affluent enclaves, reports Knight Frank, but property price growth is limited.
New test to help creatures great and small
Developers rejoice as Natural England comes up with a simple way to identify the presence of great crested newts on sites earmarked for housing
London’s new tube map: Crossrail, one year out
Services on London's new East-West Elizabeth Line are due to begin this time next year...
Ranked: ‘The best places to live in Britain’
Hart in Hampshire named as the location with the best quality of like in the UK, followed by the Orkney Islands.
The UK’s first Bitcoin property deals go through
Property Group Go Holdings has sold two houses in Bitcoin for a combined equivalent value of £945,000
Westminster investigating 1,500 properties in AirBnB crackdown
Borough launches four-strong task force after recording 126% rise in AirBnB lettings in two years
Commissioning Bespoke: What can possibly go wrong?
The practicalities to consider when sourcing artisan craft and truly bespoke fittings and finishes...
Prized Astor family collection goes under the hammer after Scottish estate sale
Tillypronie deal releases "the finest collection of sporting and ornithological art to come to the market in over 20 years"
Which are the UK’s most sustainable residential developers?
Big names recognised for doing the right things in annual NextGeneration rundown...
Aussie vendor slashes $275k after seeing a buyer’s worthy social media profile
"Feel-good decision" sees a six-bed Brisbane mansion go to the under-bidder, after the owners Googled prospective buyers
British Land unveils Mayfair’s first new street in over fifteen years
The all-new Ashburton Place is opened up as part of the super-prime Clarges Mayfair scheme
Sandbanks developer demands an interview with prospective buyers to ensure good neighbours
"We would rather sell this stunning new house for a bit less money to people we think we will get along with and would refuse to sell it to anyone where we thought the opposite, frankly regardless of the…