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Singapore buyers bagging bargains in Prime Central London
Overseas investors are bagging ginormous bargains on London property, as exchange rates effectively discount prices by up to 27%, according to the latest from Hamptons.
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Hong Kong property tycoon eyes the West End’s 14-acre Shaftesbury Estate
Samuel Tak Lee has "quietly amassed" an 18% stake in the Plc, according to a report in The Times
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London the ‘guinea pig’ for New York’s pied-à-terre tax
The UK is being seen as a "guinea pig" by policymakers pondering a "pied-à-terre tax" across the pond.
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Super-prime Kensington development launch draws over 150 agents
In Pictures: London’s prime property crowd gets first look inside REDD’s newly completed One Palace Green.
£33k-a-week Mayfair mansion leads run of blockbuster London rental deals
Mount Street and One Hyde Park mega-lets mark five-year highs as capital's luxury rental supply shrinks.
Tycoon weighing UK exit looks to offload luxury PCL properties
£18mn-plus Knightsbridge flat goes up for sale, along with other homes in Mayfair, Kensington and Chelsea, as entrepreneur says ‘there’s just no point in being here’.
Broker lands stellar £18mn instruction in SW London
Grade I-listed Richmond observatory - now a super-prime residence - was originally built for George III to watch the transit of Venus.
The £100k Mistake: A top buying agent on what prime property buyers need to know about AI
The real value of a good advisor is in judgement & knowledge of things beyond data, says Property Vision's Rob Fanshawe.
Strutt & Parker broker ranks hit double figures
Seasoned St John’s Wood agent becomes tenth member of recently launched brokerage division as heritage firm targets further Prime London expansion.
‘There are quiet Augusts and then there are quiet Augusts’: Prime London sales hit 18-year low
Latest LonRes numbers point to a particularly slow summer for prime London - but there are signs of life at the top end.
£11.8bn development wave to reshape West Kensington’s market
New research makes the case for a West Ken renaissance, as a trio of major development projects look set to redraw the local map - and hike property values.
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Well-known London agency adds two more self-employed brokers
Olia Sequeira & Victoria Peters sign to the 68-year-old brand.
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Treasury eyes £1.5mn mansion tax threshold as Budget rumours gather pace
UPDATED: Reports suggest Treasury is considering widening the HVCTS net, potentially hitting nearly 300,000 homes.
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