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Buy-to-let ‘remains strong despite surcharge’ – Douglas & Gordon
Investing in buy-to-let properties is still a strong plan regardless of the new 3% SDLT levy, says Douglas & Gordon, as it records above-inflation rent rises across its "emerging prime" segment of West…
‘Definitive’ single UK House Price Index to launch in June
Details of the new single UK House Price Index (UK HPI) - an official amalgam of the ONS and Land Registry, due to launch properly in June - have been released, including a handy comparison of how historic…
Vendors ‘staying on after completion’ as buyers try to beat tax deadline
Vendors and buyers in PCL have found an unusual workaround to beat the SDLT surcharge deadline, according to JLL-owned Knightsbridge agency W.A.Ellis.
Great Portland recruits new Portfolio Director
After promoting two to its Executive Committee last July, Great Portland Estates has made another hire, bringing in a new Portfolio Director to help "provide the Group with further capacity to deliver…
£7.7m show apartment and David Bailey art gallery unveiled at The Chilterns
The first completed apartment has been unveiled at Marylebone's exclusive The Chilterns scheme, along with the first art gallery to be set within a luxury new-build apartment building in the capital.
Sotheby’s International moves into Singapore
Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC is taking its luxury real estate brand juggernaut into Singapore, handing the license to the same company that runs its shows in Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii.
At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow (exhibition)
The Royal Institute of British Architects and BBC Four have teamed up to create a new exhibition - At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow - which re-examines how we live and showcases thought-provoking…
Land Registry: Prices pause for breath; £1m+ deals up; £2m+ deals down
The Land Registry's February data has shown a monthly price decrease of 0.2% across England & Wales, putting the current annual price change at 6.1%.
Plan to privatise the Land Registry announced
A consultation into the privatisation of the Land Registry has been slipped out over the Easter weekend by Business Secretary Sajid Javid.
‘Country House clause’ win for AR Design Studio in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire's planners have invoked the "Country House Clause" - Paragraph 55 - to give the green light to a contemporary three bedroom house in the Green Belt designed by AR Design Studio.
London’s Glitziest Neighbourhood: Inside Mayfair’s £1bn ‘Qatari Quarter’
The ultra-prime swathe 'tween Hyde Park and The Connaught has witnessed a flurry of landmark purchases by Qataris in recent years, so much so that agents are now calling the area London's 'Qatari Quarter'…
Government plans to ‘lift the veil’ on foreign companies buying UK real estate
In June, the UK will become the first G20 country to set up a publicly accessible central registry showing who really owns and controls companies.