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Five-fold jump in Thai buyers’ interest in London property
London property investments were attracting strong attention from Thai buyers during a three-day "Waterfront London" property exhibition in Bangkok last weekend, writes Andrew Batt.
Grand Registry: Latest £10m+ transaction round-up
A paltry six £10m+ deals were recorded by the Land Registry in its July transaction update, the most expensive being a £12.9m flat on Belgravia's Chesham Street.
Resi plans go in for Edinburgh’s ‘truly magnificent’ Donaldson’s site
Detailed plans have gone in for the conversion and development of the Donaldson's College site in Edinburgh, which the developer has called "one of the most important buildings in Scotland" and Savills…
Rowsley’s first Euro play backs Neville and Giggs’ ‘new Mayfair of Manchester’
Peter Lim, the Singapore-based billionaire part-owner of Salford City FC, has agreed to back football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs' plans to develop a former police station in central Manchester into…
Residence One bags a bargain in Belgravia
Grade II listed townhouse on the best side of Chester Square acquired at £1,406 per square foot just before the General Election, the lowest price paid on the square in years
Country Life and OnTheMarket partner up online
That bastion of high-end property advertising Country Life's online property search facilities have been fully co-branded with OnTheMarket.com.
Land Registry stats show scale of London’s £2m+ sales slide
The latest data dump from the Land Registry has shown a monthly price increase of +1.7% across England & Wales, bringing the annual change to +4.6%. Transaction levels have taken a right pounding though.
Omni boosts finance team with Candy and West One hires
Christian Candy-owned property lender Omni Capital has recruited a new Financial Director and a new Financial Controller to "bring further robustness" to the team.
RBKC gets tough on developer ads
The Royal Borough is getting seriously hacked off with developers advertising their wares without permission.
Prime Recce: City & East London residential development hotspots
Knight Frank's James Barton gives us the inside track on the City & East areas offering up the most exciting resi development opportunities right now...
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London’s off-plan sales strategy is ‘likely to give way’ to a more owner-occupied model – BNP Paribas
London's property prices will be "around 80% ahead of the peak of the market prior to the financial crisis" by 2020, says BNP Paribas, although the top-end - above £5m - is "still set to decline in…
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.