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Hamptons boosts Land & New Homes team
Hamptons International has ramped up its Country Residential Development & Investment, Land & New Homes offering, with the appointment of James Turpin as Senior Land Negotiator.
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Publishing group backs OnTheMarket.com
Regional property/lifestyle publishing group Archant is backing estate agent-owned challenger portal OnTheMarket
Georgian Group Awards 2014: The Winners
Joint Winner - Restoration of a Georgian Country House: St Giles, Dorset
Two historic estates have shared the big prize at the twelfth Georgian Group Architectural Awards.
$500k pcm New York apartment finds a tenant
The priciest rental apartment in New York City has finally found a tenant.
Forecast: SDLT reform to counter pre-election slowdown in 2015
House prices across England and Wales are going to rise by 4% next year - down from this year's +8.6% - thinks Hamptons International, while prime central London will dribble up by just 0
Old War Office-to-Resi: Hinduja Group lands 57 Whitehall
The race to buy one of the most iconic buildings in central London is over
Average asking prices up 7% in 2014 – Rightmove
2014 has ended with the largest ever monthly fall in average asking prices across the UK, according to Rightmove's latest tally, although they're still up by 7% on an annual basis.
CASE STUDY: Going super-high spec in Knightsbridge
How do you go about designing the ultimate specification for a landmark super-prime scheme opposite Harrods? What kind of bells and whistles do UHNWIs expect to see in a £12.5
Is Islington about to ban mega-basements too?
Just a week after the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea claimed victory in an "historic battle" against mega-basements, another London council is eyeing up a subterranean crackdown.
Ancient property law firms join forces
Two of London's most venerable property law firms have decided to team up and create a 120-strong outfit with a combined total of 530 years' experience.
May, May & Merrimans (est. 1786) and Hunters (est.
Knight Frank: Rightmove is ‘best choice available at this time’
Agents Mutual co-founder Knight Frank has opted to ditch Zoopla and go with Rightmove under OnTheMarket's "two portal rule"
SDLT reform to drive a 2-5% sales boost – RICS
George Osborne's overhaul of the Stamp Duty system, creating a progressive regime that delivers savings to all but the top 2% of home buyers, "has the potential to trigger a material shift in market sentiment…