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Shropshire’s Elizabethan trove to go under the hammer
A rare gamut of Elizabethan and Jacobean furnishings is coming up for auction with Bonhams in Oxford, as a collection from Grade I listed Shropshire mansion Morville Hall is offered on 30th April
Notting Hill, Holland Park & Kensington in “rude health” as prices per square foot rocket
The housing market in the swankier parts of West London (W8, W11, W2, W10 and W14) remains in "rude health", according to the latest from local agent Crayson
Foster+Partners chief steps out
Sir Norman's Foster + Partners has decided to ditch the role of Chief Executive, replacing it with a more comradely Managing Partner
Taylor Wimpey bags third Westminster site
Developer Taylor Wimpey Central London has snapped up yet another prominent site in Westminster, as the firm continues its PCL buying spree
Jersey’s market still on the slide
The property market recovery has yet to reach Jersey, according to figures from island's official House Price Index: the average house price was 1% lower in 2013 compared to 2012
Rightmove introduces broadband checker
Rightmove has added a broadband checker to its search arsenal
One in three affluent Asians buying overseas
More than one third of affluent Asians have overseas property investments, with Australia being the number one destination regionally according to new research from HSBC, writes PropertyGuru's Andrew Batt
Sotheby’s International moves into China
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates is making its first foray into mainland China, opening Beijing Sotheby’s International Realty within the next few weeks.
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PCL sales transaction values hit another high note as Notting Hill & Kensington boom
The prime central London property market has been generating sales transaction values not seen since 2006, according to Strutt & Parker
Celebrity stylist vows to take on council in “Battle of Britten”
You don't often hear "celebrity hairdresser" and "local government" in the same sentence, but one SW3-based coiffologist has made it happen by decided to take on the Conservative-heavy Kensington & Chelsea…
Bidding on a house? There’s an app for that
Savills has partnered up with Barclays to offer auction-goers even more impulsive ways to buy: just scan the QR thing from within the bank's Pingit app, and job done
Planners return to BBC with Permission Impossible
The BBC is putting more flies on soon-to-be-walls as it's much-discussed show Planners makes a welcome return next week