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Flirting vendors but little action – D&G
Potential vendors are flirting with selling their properties, but supply levels still haven't risen to meet some pretty consistently strong demand in Douglas & Gordon's reckoning
Off-Plan: Only 15% of respondents supported extended permitted development rights
Only 15% of respondents to the Government's consultation supported new permitted development rights that double the size of extensions allowed without the need for planning permission, according to results…
Winkworth sets up shop in St Albans
Adding yet another branch to its burgeoning network, Winkworth has announced a new offering in the commuter haven of St Albans
HS2: Majority of compensation applications “turned down”
299 of the 455 applications made by homeowners living in the shadow of HS2's first stage have been rejected, according to reports today
Christie’s uncorks world’s first vineyard estate agency
A specialist service for buyers of vineyard properties has definitely got legs, according to Christie’s.
Basket Aces: Stirling Ackroyd balloon to launch at Lord Mayor’s Regatta
Proving they're far from a load of hot air, the marketing team at Stirling Ackroyd has clearly been doing some blue sky thinking over the last few months
Marsh & Parsons opens Something New in former Beatles boutique
Marsh & Parsons is to launch its 19th office on the site of the former Beatles Apple boutique on Baker Street in central London
More Foxtons float rumours
Talks of a Foxtons IPO continue to the rounds, with Sky News reporting that the estate agency's owner, BC Capital, is planning to appoint an investment bank later this month to "examine strategic options…
“One Stop Shop” for infrastructure planning opens for business
A new "one-stop-shop service for planning consents" will, according to Whitehall, make major infrastructure projects easier to get off the ground by reducing the number of bodies developers need to consult…
The stately home at the centre of the global economy (for two days)
The Grade I listed Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire plays host to this year's G7 Summit of global economic leaders
London’s penthouse stock hits £1bn – CBRE
The aggregate value of penthouse apartments currently being sold in the capital has punched through the £1bn ceiling, according to the latest research from CBRE.
Office Politics: Most of central London exempt from new permitted development rights
Areas in seventeen local authorities - including vast swathes of central London - have been exempted from new rights that make it easier to convert offices into resi, due to "exceptional economic circumstances"