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Candy & Candy looking to build media empire?
The Candy brothers have apparently tabled a bid to buy the Financial Times
Four years of price rises end as PCL plateaus
That 0% prediction is coming to pass early, as Knight Frank reports no change in prime central London prices during October.
Resi development land values moderate as developers become ‘more selective’
The rate of growth in residential development land values is easing up, says Knight Frank, dropping from +5.6% in Q2 to +3.7% in Q3.
Development land prices rose by a paltry 0
Inside David Collins’ Kensington home: Designer’s estate goes to auction
Some very pretty things are coming up for auction on 4th November, as Christie's sells off 192 lots from the Kensington home of the late design impresario David Collins.
‘Encouragingly strong’ Phase 3 sales at Battersea Power Station (and one very famous buyer)
It's been an 'encouragingly strong' week of sales down at Battersea Power Station, after another swathe of apartments were made available to pre-registered and existing buyers in London.
Countrywide reports record Q3 profits, despite a London slowdown
Hamptons and John D Wood owner Countrywide has reported record profits in the three month period to 30 September 2014, despite a slowdown in London's volumes.
£105bn Chinese investment will be ‘a game-changer’ for UK real estate and infrastucture
The scale and scope of Chinese investment into the UK is changing, with the current sovereign-wealth-heavy model opening up to allow more direct spending and wider scale JVs: today's "trickle" of major…
‘Wild talk’ of Foxtons founder looking to buy agency back
The Telegraph has speculated that Foxtons' founder Jon Hunt might be considering buying the agency back, seven years after he sold it at the top of the market in 2007.
Dues Diligence: A comparison of international property taxation
In comparison with many other countries, the UK property tax regime is relatively modest, says CBRE in its Global Living report
Britain’s 20 worst places to invest in property
11 locations are delivering negative yields to investors, with property prices in the worst performing areas dropping by more than 7% a year, according to a new list of the UK's "property investment blackspots".
Demand from overseas buyers plummets across prime central London
The latest Lonres Survey of Agents - essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in prime property - has confirmed the slowdown in central London's resi sales market since the beginning of …
Knight Frank promotes 103 to Partner and Associate
Knight Frank has made a bundle of promotions, bumping 34 employees up to Partner level and another 69 to the Associate rank