East Hertfordshire named as the UK’s ‘best place to live’
                
Strong exam results, high life expectancy, excellent health and happiness scores, and high average earnings helped the area secure the top spot in this year's Halifax Quality of Life survey; London absent from the top 50
            
        
        
    
Strong exam results, high life expectancy, excellent health and happiness scores, and high average earnings helped the area secure the top spot in this year's Halifax Quality of Life survey; London absent from the top 50
RIBA launches weekly ‘live magazine’ at 66 Portland Place
            Held at the Institute's iconic Art Deco HQ each Wednesday evening, The Architects Underground is aimed at 'everyone who has a love of, an interest in or an opinion on architecture and design'         
    
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    Ranked: The happiest places to live in Britain
            Hexham, Harrogate and Richmond-upon-Thames are the happiest locations in the UK, according to a poll by Rightmove         
    
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    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.         
    
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Telegraph: ‘How Britain’s most expensive house became a £250mn white elephant’
            2-8a Rutland Gate is 'a barometer of the vigour of London’s so-called 'super prime' property market', says journalist Jonathan Ford.         
    
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    Knight Frank’s Rory Penn on resilience, recalibration & finding opportunity in London’s prime property market
            Q&A: The high-profile agency's London sales chief reveals a big-ticket deal tally and shares how the business is navigating 'peak uncertainty'.         
    Budget 2025: The luxury property industry’s hopes, fears & expectations
            PrimeResi has surveyed 50 industry leaders, including estate agency owners, sales brokers, buying agents, luxury developers, financiers, legal advisors, and more.         
    
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    PCL agency co-founder joins UK Sotheby’s International Realty
            George Vernon has taken up a Consultant Senior Lettings Director role at the luxury brokerage.         
    London letting agency under fire over Chancellor’s rental mis-step
            Rachel Reeves 'had not been made aware of the licensing requirement' when she rented-out her home in Southwark via a letting agency.         
    
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    American super-agency Douglas Elliman expands into Europe
            Philippe Curutchet, Fredrik Lilloe & Edward de Mallet Morgan are leading the luxury brokerage's French debut.         
    
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    In Pictures: Touring a revamped Rutland Gardens townhouse with Rolls-Royce links
            Design studio Taylor Howes completes a two-year reimagining of a storied Knightsbridge residence - which is now up for sale at nearly £17mn.         
    London estate agency announces major recruitment drive
            Dexters wants to take on 200 new recruits via its Training Academy in 2026.         
    
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    In Pictures: Trophy apartment at Clarges Mayfair lists at £39.5mn
            Buyer sought for 4,650 sq ft sub-penthouse with two roof terraces at the prestigious development opposite Green Park.         
    ‘Extraordinary’ French Riviera estate to headline global luxury auction event
            First-line residence in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, listed at €35mn, will be auctioned off as part of Sotheby’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week.         
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