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Rumours of change at the top as Countrywide moves London heads to Oxford Street HQ
Countrywide plc, owner of estate agency brands including Hamptons International, Faron Sutaria and John D Wood & Co, has consolidated its head office personnel into one swanky Oxford Street HQ, as Sky…
Vine Living: Award-winning Sussex wine estate hits the market
Venerable champagne house Taittinger made a move into the Garden of England last month, buying up a former apple farm in Kent with a view to creating its first British vineyard.
Prices and transactions rise as the prime country market adjusts to a new landscape
While prime central London flatlines, the prime country market has been posting some meaningful growth in average values and transaction numbers.
Dorking named ‘top commuter hotspot’ for 2016
The Surrey town of Dorking has been ranked as the #1 commuter hotspot to watch in 2016, after a survey of house prices and travel across the south east of England.
RBKC considers policy change after hundreds of homes ‘lost’ to de-conversions
Council taking a long hard look at its stance on amalgamations
Catchment If You Can: Elite US school eyes SW London base
South west London could be in line for a major HNW selling point if the rumours are true about a top US school going on the hunt for a site in the capital.
Global luxury property markets in 2016: Sydney on top
Sydney will see the biggest rises in residential property prices of any prime global city this year, says Knight Frank, while Hong Kong, Singapore and Paris are all likely to see price drops.
Infographic: 2015 according to Zoopla
The big purple property portal has pulled together some stats from the last 12 months to compile this rather neat visual overview of the mainstream market...
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Uncertainty reigns in PCL after ‘disorientating’ tax changes
It sounds like vendors are starting to get the message that the market in prime central London has undergone something of a sea change.
Number of Londoners leaving the capital hits eight-year high
Londoners bought 63,000 homes outside the capital last year, a chunky increase on 2014's figure of 38,000.
Post-Christmas divorces to ‘jump start’ 2016 lettings market
A recovery is on the cards for London's rental market, according to estate agency Marsh & Parsons.
Encourage estate owners to release land for affordable homes – RICS
The owners of England's 5,000 biggest country estates should be giving up some of their land to make way for more affordable housing, the RICS has suggested.