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Let Me Entertain You: Who’s just bought Michael Winner’s Holland Park mansion?
Featured in every issue of Hello! magazine ever printed, Michael Winner's "completely over the top" Holland Park seat has been snapped up by another shy and retiring type.
Indian developer snaps up Canadian High Commission building for £306m
Mumbai-based Lodha Developers has bought the Canadian High Commission building, MacDonald House, on Grosvenor Square for £306m.
Geography, Maths & (Home) Economics: Price premium for property near top schools rises to 30%
Education, it seems, is becoming more valuable: the average price premium for a home within a mile of one of England's top A-Level schools is +30%, up from +27% last year.
Sigma and Gatehouse to create one of UK’s biggest private rental portfolios
Everyone's been patting backs over a new deal that will create one of the UK's biggest private rental property portfolios using overseas investment, showing the strength and potential of the PRS just a…
Inland buys “one of the best development opportunities in the South East of England”
Some more offloading of military-grade property for resi development: Inland Developments has agreed to buy "arguably one of the best development opportunities in the South East of England," the Defence…
Record transaction levels for Knightsbridge as stock value increases by £15bn in six years
Per square foot prices in and around Knightsbridge are 8% up this quarter compared to last year's Q3, and stand 50% above 2007's level, says Winkworth in its Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Belgravia Insight…
Tax practice overhaul for Mishcon
Mishcon de Reya is rejigging its tax offering, launching a consolidated practice to cover all aspects, from real estate and corporate tax to private tax and wealth planning, in one go.
Property is now “considerably more affordable than in 2008 ” – Countrywide
House prices in real terms - after 14% inflation has been taken into account - are lower than in 2008 in all parts of England outside London, according to some research by Countrywide plc.
Property portal traffic up 64% in 12 months
Zoopla, Rightmove and Primelocation totally eclipse all other UK property websites, according to independent web traffic monitoring firm Hitwise (commissioned by Zoopla).
Wealth Report bags top marketing award for Knight Frank
Showing the likes of British Airways, Diageo and Heineken how it's done, Knight Frank's mighty Wealth Report 2013 has triumphed at the International Content Marketing Awards.
Prices slow but transaction levels rise 15%, with 18 registered buyers per property
Average house prices slipped a smidge last month, dropping 0.2% compared to September according to the latest Land Registry data set. But that still leaves prices up 3.1% on the year.
Brompton Road tube station sold for luxury resi conversion
The abandoned Brompton Road tube station in Knightsbridge has apparently been sold for around £50m to a developer with plans to convert the site into luxury apartments.