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March saw the highest number of £1m+ sales ever recorded in a single month in Scotland, according to new research into the impact of the introduction of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.

The start of the Chelsea Flower Show tomorrow has prompted some timely workings on the value of outside space from Marsh & Parsons.

Independent property search agency Sourcing Property has recruited a new member to its ranks of buying agents. Rob Chard joins the firm after spending four years at Deutsche Bank in London and Singapore.

One of the most famous villas in all of France could be about to hit the market, and it sounds like there's already been some private interest to the tune of £110m.

Foreign buyers have seen the cost of buying a property in the UK rocket over the last week, after a Tory election win sent the value of the pound skywards.

Rightmove recorded an unseasonal but not unpredictable fall in asking prices before the election.

It sounds like a chunky deal may have just gone through on Mayfair's Mount Street.

Industry veteran and RICS Fellow Peter Goldsmith has joined the Chestertons board as non-exec director.

British Land has reported an "excellent" year for the resi side of the business, despite the pre-election heebie-jeebies. Clarges Mayfair on Piccadilly

Pre-election uncertainty saw new instructions fall for the third month in a row, and house prices rise again in all parts of the UK in April, according to the latest from the RICS.

Property prices in prime central London nudged up by 0.3% in April, says Knight Frank, to take the annual rate of growth at a five-year low of +2.8%.

Hunters estate agency has bought sales and lettings agents Country Properties, adding another 23 franchised branches to its network.