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INFOGRAPHIC: The richest real estate tycoons in emerging markets
The 2015 Forbes Billionaires List, which ranks those around the world earning more than $US 1 billion by their net worth, included a total of 157 real estate tycoons, 96 of whom were based in the Asia-Pacific…
Apartment at former home of Sir John Everett Millais asks £4.95m
An apartment at 7 Palace Gate, the former home of painter and illustrator Sir John Everett Millais, has just come up for sale for a shade under £5m.
Cheap Rate: Low mortgage rates mean ‘there are deals to be made’ at the top end
"Borrowers can now snap up some of the lowest mortgage rates on record," says Hamptons, and it's the top-end of the market that's seeing the benefit.
Last of the iceberg houses? Westminster approves billionaire Bertarelli’s Belgravia mega-basement
Kirsty Bertarelli - Britain's richest woman, a songwriter and a former Miss UK - has won planning permission to dig out a two-storey basement underneath her Belgravia mews house "to make it more conducive…
Land Reg appoints new Chief
Graham Farrant has been chosen as the new Chief Executive of the Land Registry.
Grosvenor recruits new Major Projects Director for London
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has appointed Simon Harding-Roots as Executive Director, Major Projects, London estate.
Government updates development appraisal tool
The Homes & Communities Agency's free development appraisal tool - a site specific cashflow spreadsheet that assesses the viability of a scheme - has been updated to a newer, shinier version.
Winkworth launches Corporate Services department
London's biggest estate agency, Winkworth, has launched a new centralised service for relocation agents and corporate clients searching across its 90-office UK and international network.
Middleton gets behind grassroots rugby
Buying agents by day and rugby fanatics by the weekend, the team at Middleton Advisors have decided to combine their two favourite things by sponsoring youth squads across the search firm's Surrey,…
Bonhams brings Hollywood interiors to Knightsbridge
Top auction house Bonhams will be auctioning off a rare collection of items called "The Hollywood Interior" next month, including sought-after pieces from the Art Deco and Jazz Age period.
Short supply puts prices back on the rise – except in London
London was the only place in the UK where more surveyors reported price drops than rises in February, with price increases across the rest of the country re-emerging due to the demand supply imbalance,…
Tonic for Tomorrow: 10 steps to a healthier UK property market
A trio of big-hitters - Countrywide, Hamptons International and Lambert Smith Hampton - have strapped on their stethoscopes and come up with a treatment plan for the UK's ailing property market.