Format: News
£3m Trelissick contents sale doubles estimates
Everything went at Trelissick House in Cornwall this week, as Bonhams' epic contents sale made £3m on a £1.5m estimate.
Trade in Chelsea: Young domestic buyers prop up SW3/10 as developers move out
Q2 was pretty good for Strutt & Parker’s Chelsea office, and there are a few nuggets of interest in the stats for property market watchers...
Dublin Up: Irish property market in recovery?
After five years of relentless decline, with house prices falling by over 50% in some areas, it looks like Ireland's property market might be pulling itself together
Fine & Country gears up for worldwide recruitment drive
Although the phrase "international conference" can strike fear into anyone's heart, we have to admit last week's Fine & Country shindig looked pretty impressive
Land Registry records 45% increase in £1m+ sales
As usual, there's a few interesting morsels in amongst all the Land Registry data released today
Green light for HS2 in Court of Appeal
It's full steam ahead for HS2 after the Court of Appeal yesterday (24th July) categorically rejected the latest batch of objections to the high speed rail link
Winkworth pledges “large-scale support” for Agents’ Mutual
London’s largest estate agency group, Winkworth, has just added more fuel to the flames of new agent-owned portal Agents' Mutual, announcing "large-scale support" for the venture this morning.
“Good Parents” now make up 29% of buy-to-let market
A new report by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has flagged up a wave of "Learner Landlords", who have entered the UK buy-to-let market on the back of recent tough economic times.
Could you be Britain’s Best Interior Designer?
This could get ugly. The BBC has just commissioned a new series pitting the UK's best amateur interior designers against each other
Martha’s Vineyard estate goes on sale for $118m
One of the largest coastal properties in the northeastern United States has just come up for sale. Oh it's a beauty
“Root and branch” review mooted for “Victorian” architecture qualifications
The Architects' Registration Board (ARB) is mulling a "root and branch" overhaul of UK architecture qualifications, that would allow a broader intake from more alternative subjects into the upper echelons…
T-Pylon goes into action at Hinkley Point
The snazzily-designed new T-Pylon (which we reported on last month here) is being rolled out for the first time in the UK, at Hinkley Point in Somerset.