Format: News
Prime Suspect: Olig-arch villain jailed after phoney viewings
You didn't happen to show a Kazakh millionaire called "Oleg Duchenko" around any properties in 2013 did you? Chauffeured Bentley, dark glasses, heavy Eastern European accent? No? Phew...
Crystal Balls: What will 2014 hold for the prime property market?
The majority of prime resi's pundits are looking forward to this year - 2014 - with a sense of hope and vigour
What Goes Around: How to refer (and get referred)
Effectively managing referrals to and from your business is the best way to guarantee great leads
Ho Ho Homes: Festive virtual househunting to hit all-time high
There won't be time to lose (badly) at Monopoly again this Christmas: it's all about househunting on shiny new gadgets, apparently
Sales values up an “astonishing” 17% in 2013 for D&G
2013 was "astonishing", says Douglas & Gordon's Chairman Michael Hodgson: sales values overshot forecasts by quite the margin, rising by 17% over the year, with transactions hitting their highest tally…
Double Up: Agents Mutual to launch in January 2015
"A surge in applications prior to the deadline" has tipped Agents' Mutual over the 2,000 mark for Gold member offices; that's double the initial target of 1,000
Listed Property Show 2014: The Talks
The Listed Property Owners' Club has unveiled its schedule of talks at The Listed Property Show, which happens on the 15th and 16th February at Olympia London
Domestic wealth means London prime is “exceeding all expectations” – Savills
Savills' Prime London Index posted a +2.9% rise in Q4, taking annual price growth to 11
Mortgage lending jumps by 30%, but still “a far cry” from 2007 levels
There was an estimated £17 billion of gross mortgage lending in November, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. This was 4% lower than October's figure of £17.6
Green light for BBC Television Centre redevelopment
The powers that be at the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham have approved Stanhope's combined full and outline planning application to transform BBC Television Centre in White City.
Parity Pledge: UK housebuilders promise end to ‘foreign first’ sales tactics
A bevy of big league resi developers have signed up to a new "voluntary commitment" that could affect the way new schemes are marketed from next year
Capital’s capital growth doubles to 12.6% in 2013 – Cluttons
After capital value growth of +3% in 2013's final quarter, taking the annual rise to +12.6%, the average property in prime central London is now worth £1.