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Savills to draw up ‘Domesday Book’ of London’s development land
Savills has been called up to compile a so-called "Domesday Book" of all the brownfield public land in London.
New Regional Finance Director at Barratt London
Resi developer Barratt London has recruited a new Regional Finance Director from the Berkeley Group.
Sale Of The Centuries: Historic Honiley Hall asks £10m
A hugely important country estate that once belonged to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester has been put up for sale in Warwickshire.
‘Dramatic’ increase in rental values recorded across almost all London postcodes
As stamp duty reforms, tighter lenders and a rising pound put the kibosh on major growth in the sales market, rental values look to have been surging across pretty much every postcode in town.
Helical Bar and Savills IM bring forward Drury Lane residential scheme
After sitting on the site for nearly 20 years, corporate pension fund clients of Savills Investment Management (formerly Cordea Savills) have sprung into action in Covent Garden, appointing Helical Bar…
Island Fling: Five myths of the international private island market
Private jet flights to island destinations jumped by 69% and online viewings of island-based homes increased by 21% last year, say NetJets and Knight Frank, but it's established resort destinations…
Buyer ‘bids £280m’ for Knightsbridge mega-mansion
A buyer has apparently just offered £280m for 2-8a Rutland Gate in Knightsbridge.
Trading Standards issues revised property sales guidelines
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has re-drafted the "Guidance on Property Sales" previously issued by the Office of Fair Trading in 2012.
Combien? French government buildings up for £100m
21-23 Cromwell Road in South Kensington and 58 Knightsbridge, better known as the French embassy and consulate respectively, have reportedly been put up for sale.
Millionaires’ Rows 2015: Britain’s most expensive streets, towns and areas
Kensington Palace Gardens is well ahead of the pack as always, with a current average price of £42,591,972
Sell-Out Crowd: Buyers snap up £140m worth of flats in four hours
£140m worth of apartments in a new scheme in Canary Wharf sold in the space of four hours over the weekend, with some buyers queuing for up to 36 hours to lay down their hard-earned cash.
Undercover documentary ‘a blow to public confidence in the wider property profession’ – RICS
Last week's Channel 4 documentary showing an undercover journalist attempting to buy London property with "stolen" cash was "a blow to public confidence in the wider property profession", says RICS.