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New home-owner tracing service launches
After 12 months of "quiet trialling," TraceWise has launched to the wider property industry
Northacre bags £13.5m dividend from The Lancasters
With just five units remaining unsold out of 77 and prices reaching £16m, The Lancasters development overlooking Hyde Park is a raging success for its developers.
Decorex International award winners 2012 unveiled
It's day three of Decorex International at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and this year's award winners have been announced
Chestertons appoints new Kensington High Street sales director
Adam Moorhouse
Chesterton Humberts has appointed Adam Moorhouse as the new sales director of its Kensington High Street office
John D Wood opens Clapham office today
John D Wood's 15th London office - and fifth south of the river - opens today (24th September) at 47 Balham Hill
September bounce in house price sentiment
People think their homes fell in value again in September, but there's a silver (well, more bronze) lining: the general consensus is that they dropped by less than in any month over the last two years
New Chairman for RICS Wales
Neil Brierley, Director at Davis Langdon, Cardiff, has been appointed Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Wales Board
London prime property prices top out
Prime property prices in London have breached their previous high, set in March 2008, according to the latest from Knight Frank
Chelsea top of the class as PCL polarises
Savills has reported significant polarisation within the prime central London market, with only a third of properties showing any price growth in the last three months
Autumn: “the new Spring” for property sales, but it’s an eBay market
Strutt & Parker are predicting an Autumn surge for the property market, with buyers who were side-tracked by all the fun stuff that happened over the Summer getting back into the groove and househunting…
HMRC sews up Stamp Duty loopholes
HMRC is cracking down on SDLT avoidance schemes, making it far more tricky for property buyers to avoid paying stamp duty
Demand for panic rooms escalates
Panic rooms - once the preserve of embassies, cartel countries and (weak) action movies - are showing up on ever more mainstream floorplans as British homeowners elect to protect their families as well…