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Brace of record penthouse sales for Aston Chase
North London agency Aston Chase has been having a cracking start to the year, tucking away two record-breaking penthouse apartments in St John's Wood within a couple of days of each other.
Luxury Property Show bought for “six-figure sum”
Eton Events' annual champagne and real estate shindig - The Luxury Property Show - has been snapped up by a Daventry-based multimedia company.
Biggest ever January for househunting as Rightmove reports 500 pageviews per second
All ten of Rightmove's busiest ever days were recorded last month (January 2014), spiking with one big day of over 50 million pageviews - that's more than 500 pages viewed every second.
Zoopla could announce floatation “within weeks”
UPDATE: Sounds like things are moving along... Today's DMGT Interim Statement flags up that "The Board of the Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) is exploring various strategic options for ZPG. As a 52.
New Resi Investment Director for Chesterton Humberts
Chesterton Humberts has appointed Paul Belson as its new Residential Investment Director.
Video: London’s Ring of Change
Knight Frank's commercial team has produced a rather nifty video that highlights how London's landscape will be transformed by 2020 thanks to "billions of pounds spent on new infrastructure ...
Curb Appeal: Think tank calls for restrictions on overseas buyers
A leading think tank has pitched the idea of setting up a "non-resident housing investment agency" to limit property purchases by wealthy foreign buyers and keep a lid on the capital's house prices.
London Square buys Parsons Green office-to-resi site
Developer London Square has bought pretty niftily-located site at 100 New Kings Road in Parsons Green with plans to turn the office block into 25 residential units.
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Brand & Deliver: Global brand licensing plans for Candy & Candy
Uber-developer Candy & Candy has decided to roll out its brand around the world through a series of licensing agreements.
Countryside merges with Millgate
A merger has been announced between Essex-based housebuilder Countryside and luxury developer Millgate.
Charity Begins with Homes: Estate Agents raised £13m for good causes in 2013
Estate agents - not normally perceived as the most generous of souls by the public - handed over £13m to good causes last year, and plan to give even more - an extra 12%, bringing the total to £14.
Rental Breakdown: What tenants want
Affordability, unsurprisingly, is top of tenants' reasons for renting, but flexibility is a pretty important factor, according to to a new report from Savills and YouGov that comes just a few days after…