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Dukelease lands Buckingham Gate office-to-resi approval
Westminster Council has agreed to luxury property developer Dukelease's proposed conversion of Eggington House, 25-28 Buckingham Gate.
Johns&Co recruits lettings head from Knight Frank
"Exponential growth" since last year's launch of luxury new-build specialist estate agency Johns & Co has meant the firm has just recruited a batch of new faces, including a key hire from Knight Frank.
Ortega tops UK property rich list
Taking some time off from compiling the Sunday Times Rich List, Dr Richard Beresford's been working out who are the 250 wealthiest individuals in the UK property world.
Rising Stamp: Surveying the new SDLT landscape
The movement from a Stamp Duty slab tax to a graduated tax is a welcome move, says residential fund management outfit LCP on the first day of the new SDLT regime.
Winkworth calls time on London’s property boom but business performance remains ‘in line with expectations’
"The spike experienced in London at the end of the first quarter has progressively subsided, especially in the prime central London market," says Winkworth in a market outlook statement issued just before…
Derwent London to turn Mayfair HQ into prime resi
Derwent London has been given the green light to turn its own HQ on Savile Row into super-prime apartments.
25 Savile Row (proposed)
Infographic: Knight Frank’s Price Map of Prime London
High-end estate agency Knight Frank has drawn up a map of prime central and prime outer London, complete with price performance stats for each of its office's sales and rentals departments.
Stampede Duty: £10k ‘success fees’ offered as buyers rush to beat tax deadline
After George Osborne gave top-end buyers a window of exactly 11 hours and 29 minutes between SDLT reforms being announced and kicking in, there's been reports of estate agencies and law firms turning…
Axis All Areas: Corcoran and John Taylor enter global luxury ‘alliance’
US real estate brokerage The Corcoran Group and Euro-centric luxury property agent John Taylor have "entered into an alliance" to service HNW buyers and sellers around the world.
The End of the Year is Nigh: No change for prime London rents in November
A bit of a split between around the £1,500 pw mark, but no change overall for prime central London's rental values in November, says Knight Frank, leaving the annual change at +4.4%.
Another Westminster planning nod for Alchemi
Developer Alchemi Group has been given the green light to transform another prominent site in Westminster, just a month after bagging consent for a major scheme on Leinster Square.
Autumn Statement: Stamp Duty hike for high-value homes
George Osborne rounded off this year's Autumn Statement with "a complete reform" of SDLT (which he called "one of our worst-designed and most damaging of all taxes"), ditching the slab structure in favour…