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House of the Year 2015: RIBA’s Manser Medal gets TV-ready rebrand
The RIBA's Manser Medal has been rebranded as "House of the Year", and will be getting it's own four-part TV series this year, produced by the people behind Grand Designs.
Lending in London comes out of the seasonal dip – but down on last year – CML
Home-owner house purchase activity in Greater London has "come out of the traditional seasonal dip to show growth in the second quarter by volume and value," says the Council of Mortgage Lenders, "but…
Behind the scenes at Client Services
Winkworth has provided some pretty interesting insight into the world of estate agency lead generation.
Grade I Queen Anne’s Gate mansion goes for £19m
A Grade I listed stonker on Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster has reportedly just been sold in one of the biggest deals of the summer.
Carter Jonas launches York lettings team
Carter Jonas has decided to add a lettings offering to its York operation after seeing the city's rental market rocket.
‘95% of buyers would pay 25% more to live near a school’
95% of buyers and 81% of renters would pay up to 25% more to live in close proximity to a school, says online estate agency Urban.co.uk.
A Deal A Day: The rise of the 24-hour exchange
"Fierce competition for property in the prime central London market is driving buyers to insist on a 24-hour exchange window as a term of their offer," says search agency Banda Property.
Two new offices for Foxtons
Foxtons is continuing to expand at a fair lick across Outer London, unveiling two new offices in Surbiton and Croydon and taking its 2015 launch tally to seven.
Top Scottish architecture firm goes bust
Edinburgh-based Malcolm Fraser Architects, which has won eight RIBA Awards, been shortlisted for the Stirling-prize, and won a Doolan Prize, has ceased trading, surprising pretty much everyone.
Landmark goes on South Coast acquisition drive
Landmark Estates is cracking on with its expansion plans, snaffling four new sites in the last three weeks alone.
Former home of plastic surgery pioneer asks £18.95m
One of Hampstead's most important period mansions has just come up for sale.The former home of the plastic surgery pioneer Sir Harold Delf Gillies, 71 Frognal has hit the market for a cool £18.95m.
Chestertons’ top brass go back to the floor
Chestertons' senior management have been "back to the floor" to try their hands at the daily grind of being a London estate agent, raising £14,000 for local charities in the process.