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Although 2015 may not go down as a vintage year in the country market, a number of extraordinary properties still changed hands behind the scenes.

If the government was hoping to put a stop to wealthy foreigners investing in the UK, then raising the minimum threshold on investor visas from £1m to £2m may have just done the trick.

A major new scheme has just been given the thumbs up in Covent Garden, involving the complete demolition of a giant 80s office building.

U+I Group - formerly known as Development Securities and Cathedral Group - has appointed the former Chief Executive of Selfridges, a current Senior Independent Director of Rightmove, as its Non-Executive…

Knight Frank City & East has boosted its burgeoning resi development division with another hire.

The annual London Festival of Architecture, which returns to the capital throughout June 2016, has created a new role - Director - and appointed RIBA London Director Tamsie Thomson to fill it.

Former Redwood and Wriglesworth man Steve Hilton's new PR agency has bagged a haul of high-profile property accounts since launching in September.

The number of properties on surveyor’s books reached a new low in November, says the RICS, as prices continue to rise at a "firm pace" and transaction levels stay flat.

For developers, changes announced in November's Spending Review signal a huge opportunity.

One of Greenwich’s biggest private houses has just been sold after hitting the market for a record £3.75m.

Repair and maintenance on historic buildings in England accounted for 10% of the total value of the construction industry in 2010, and heritage tourism represented 2% of the UK’s GDP in 2011, says Historic England…

A New York apartment block is proving to be quite the hit with UK buyers, with classical-look interiors and a setting overlooking Central Park that is, to the developer's eye, reminiscent of London's…