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Allsop names new Senior Partner
Auction house Allsop has appointed Scott Tyler as Senior Partner. He'll become only the sixth Senior Partner in the firm's 110 year history when Neil Mackilligin retires next year.
CLA cancels ‘financially unsustainable’ Game Fair
Rural folks' favourite palooza the CLA Game Fair - held at Blenheim Palace in 2014 and due to be held at Ragley Hall next year - has been cancelled for the foreseeable.
Record numbers of landlords raise rents on renewal
45% of tenants who renewed their contracts in August were hit with a rent hike, says Countrywide, with an average increase of 2.5%.
TPO names new Property Ombudsman
Katrine Sporle CBE has been unveiled as the new Property Ombudsman.
Savills launches luxury 10,000 square foot Polish penthouses
Amstar and BBI Development have just unveiled their new scheme in central Warsaw, which packs some pretty incredible 10,000 square foot penthouses and prices going all the way up to £7m.
PG Wodehouse’s Mayfair writing room offered for £2.25m
The former home of PG Wodehouse and of the first working Royal - part of it, at least - is up for sale on Dunraven Street in Mayfair.
Rate of house price growth to slow next year – Hamptons International
Average house prices across England & Wales are expected to carry on growing over the next two years, but at a "subdued" pace, according to one of the UK's biggest estate agencies.
Grade I Somerset stonker goes for £10m
One of Somerset's most beautiful private homes, the 18th century Ven House in Milborne Port, has reportedly been snapped up by a Labour grandee for a cool £10m.
Biggest September asking price rise for 13 years – Rightmove
Asking prices across the country have risen by 0.9% in the last month to hit a brand new national record, says Rightmove, as supply shortened yet further.
Abbey Days: Downton’s Dower House sells for £5.95m
Unlike the new series, it sounds like the sale of Lady Violet’s Downton Abbey digs has avoided a tedious and drawn out storyline.
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Mystery buyer bags Kensington Palace Gardens mega-mansion
The Crown Estate has reportedly offloaded 15a Kensington Palace Gardens on a 125-year lease.