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£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’.
Zoopla COO steps down after three years
Former Mojo Mortgages boss leaves the property portal to pursue ambitions of 'leading a business again.'
Knight Frank moves Hungerford office to Newbury
Agency shifts longstanding operation to larger market as it eyes further growth across Berkshire and Wiltshire.
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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.
Buy-to-let beats stock market over 30 years – but times have changed
It's been 30 years since the first BTL mortgage launched; Hamptons describes the product as 'one of the largest wealth-creation engines of modern British history'.
Asking prices stage Autumn bounce, but London sellers face tough market
The average price tag on a newly-listed home has risen for the first time since May, but Rightmove warns that sellers are competing for buyers in the most crowded market for 12 years.
Big-ticket mortgages rise as wealthy buyers turn to debt
More than £3bn was advanced through regulated £5mn-plus mortgages in the year to March, with London accounting for nearly nine in ten deals.
Bugatti badges $650mn Miami resi tower
Hypercar marque makes its first move into the US resi market with 183-home waterfront scheme.
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.
Savills names new head of resi development sales for Scotland
Jamie Adam tales over from Carole Mackie.