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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank debuts in London with £20m office-to-resi scheme
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has made its first foray into the London property market with a £20m deal to fund the development of Westbourne House on Westbourne Grove, London.
Auction Preview: The £5m+ Grade II Marylebone repo
A tasty opportunity on Knightsbridge's Egerton Gardens and a repossessed £5m+ house in prime Marylebone should get the room buzzing nicely at tomorrow's Allsop resi auction.
Who buys the most international luxury new-build property?
Flexing its global reach to the max, Knight Frank has had a crack at working out which nationality is the world's "leading cross-border buyer of new-build luxury property"
Legal Ease: “Game-changing” conveyancing portal boots up for launch
The Law Society's "game-changing" paper-free conveyancing portal is gearing up for launch, with testing due to begin in early 2014
Britain’s most expensive repo: a £29.5m demolition job on Billionaires’ Row
Britain's most expensive repossession - a "quite modest" £29.
Arab Banking confirms new boss
The Arab Banking Corporation - Bahrain’s largest bank and the daddy of Savills' Number One Big Ticket Resi Development Lender, ABC International - has appointed Dr.
CIL changes will exempt self-builders and allow developers to “pay in kind”
In an effort to make self-built "grand designs" more mainstream, the government has decided to exempt home-made new buildings over a certain size from the Community Infrastructure Levy.
English Rose buys Strand office-to-resi scheme
Fitzrovia-based developer English Rose has bought the long leasehold on a luxury resi scheme on the Strand.
Legal & General Property sold the upper parts of 406-408 Strand for £11.
The Luxury Property Show 2013 ready for launch
The Hurlingham Club in Fulham is once again playing host to some of the world's choicest resi real estate, as the Luxury Property Show comes to town for the seventh time
Carter Jonas acquires SW London agency & announces new Head of Resi
Carter Jonas has just announced the strategic acquisition of independent estate agency Sullivan Thomas for an undisclosed sum
Savills retains “Top Agent” crown
Savills has retained its UK number one position in Estates Gazette’s annual Top Agents Survey, published at the weekend.
The firm’s 13% increase in UK turnover from £352.3 mi
“Britain’s most expensive council house” goes for £2.96m
It had plenty of build-up, and Lot 60 in Savills' October auction didn't disappoint