Format: News
Prime Lapse: PCL sales market ‘on hold’
After all that noise around March time, it seems the silence pervading the London property market has reached deafening levels.
Not OnTheMarket: Pryor debuts social media service for off-market deals
BBC property commentator, buying agent and chief industry Tweeter Henry Pryor has launched a new service for those looking to sell and buy on the down-low.
$200m Playboy Mansion ‘sold to next-door neighbour’
It seems a deal has been struck on the $200m Playboy Mansion in LA.
Development land slips into a two-speed market
Greenfield and prime central London development land values have dropped by 2.5% and 1.8% respectively year-on-year, says Knight Frank, although urban development land outside of London are shooting up.
UK’s oldest land agency announces merger
The UK's oldest ongoing land agency, RH & RW Clutton, has announced a merger with Peter Hughes Country Property to create a full-service offering covering West Sussex and the South East.
L&G premieres resi transformation of former Pathé Films Building
Legal & General Property has pulled the covers off an important new scheme in London's Soho.
Currency ‘advantage’ creates prime opportunity for foreign investors
Brexit-fuelled currency fluctuations have given international investors an opportunity to make a "significant profit" by selling off their prime resi assets in the UK, according to new research.
£22.5m Billionaires’ Row wreck back on the market
One of the last remaining development sites on The Bishops Avenue in north London has become available again.
‘A leap forward for the industry’: Countrywide hits the online button
Just days after the big news about Savills and YOPA, it's Countrywide's turn to make a splash in the (now fairly crowded) online sales arena.
Remote Scottish island castle offered for renovation
A 260-year-old Georgian castle on one of Scotland’s remote islands has come up for sale, although the agent warns that "this is not a project for the fainthearted".
Treasury coffers boosted by ATED hike
A 50% jump has been recorded in tax revenues from resi properties owned by offshore companies, after the government ramped up the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED).
Survey finds three in ten deals fall out of bed
A survey of 2,000 homebuyers has delivered some interesting findings on fall-throughs.
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