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Operating Instructions: Mayfair agency pens ‘definitive’ guide to luxury property marketing
            With property sales down nearly 50% in some parts of PCL, vendors - or rather their agents - are having to work extra hard to attract buyers these days.        
    RESI Awards 2016: The winners
            The residential property sector descended on Park Lane's Grosvenor House for the RESI Awards 2016 last night.
        
    John Taylor moves into Malta
            Luxury real estate agency John Taylor, which now operates across 11 countries, has opened its first outpost in Malta, "in response to burgeoning demand from international buyers seeking an alternative…        
    UK property demand dips for first time in 12 months – RICS
            Buyer demand dropped last month for the first time since March 2015, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey, although prices have continued to rise as supply is still coming up short.
        
    Foreign firms face big reveal as Cameron announces new UK property rules
            Plans to "lift the veil" on foreign firms that own and buy property in the UK are being formally announced at the big anti-corruption summit in London today.
        
    Picture This: Chelsea project with provenance up for £5m
            An Old Church Street house with serious creative creds has become available for the first time in its - albeit short - history.
        
    Government looks to cut ‘three-month’ homebuying delays
            The government is about to start investigating why it takes such a dreadfully long time to buy a house in England & Wales.
        
    Future Sellers: Foxtons debuts virtual reality platform
            Foxtons has launched its new virtual reality platform after a two-year development programme.
        
    ADAM Architecture appoints first new director in 12 years
            ADAM Architecture has made its first Director appointment since that of George Saumarez Smith back in 2004.
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    Purplebricks reports big rise in revenue
            "Hybrid" estate agency Purplebricks has reported a 445% year-on-year increase in annual revenue in its latest trading update.
The firm said it expects full-year revenue to come in at £18.        
    Berkeley commits to becoming Britain’s ‘first carbon-positive housebuilder’
            Tony Pidgley's Berkeley Group - the developer behind a large proportion of London's luxury riverside new-builds between Wapping and Richmond, including One Tower Bridge and One Blackfriars - has announced…        
    Short-term lender drops development finance exit fees
            Short-term property finance lender LendInvest has scrapped the exit fee charged on development finance deals in an effort to attract more small-scale developers.