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August’s 100 priciest property transactions
Exactly the same number (1,170) of £1m+ properties were sold in August as in July, according to the latest set of Price Paid data from the Land Registry.
Yard Sale: Chelsea garden goes for £53k
A small garden on Chelsea's Sprimont Place fetched a whopping £53,000 at auction last week.
No Summer lull for the market as SW London doubles PCL’s price growth
Douglas & Gordon's Q3 market comment tells a very similar story to yesterday's reports from Savills and John D Wood: outer prime London is outstripping prime central London for the first time in ages,…
London’s Villages: The 51% property price premium
Many a search brief is defined by London's "village" enclaves of charm, more-cafes-than-are-strictly-necessary and high property prices.
Just 23% of One Hyde Park units are first homes
The lion's share of One Hyde Park's apartments are registered as second homes, with fewer than a quarter of owners actually living there, according to Westminster Council records obtained by Inside Housing.
Countrywide makes a £34m move on commercial
The UK's biggest residential property group, Countrywide plc - which owns a swathe of high street resi brands including Hamptons, John D Wood and Faron Sutaria - is making a major move into the commercial…
Marsh & Parsons signs-up new Director of Resi Developments and Investments
Estate agency Marsh & Parsons has recruited Charles Holland as its new Director of Residential Developments and Investments.
Domestic SW London “playing catch-up” with PCL
Outer prime London (we're going with OPL) is "playing catch-up" with prime central London (PCL) property prices, according to two reports issued on the same day.
The Other Power Station: Lots Road gets £1bn makeover
South of the river has been hogging the development limelight for the last few years, but the north bank has its very own massive power station scheme too.
“Lively” Crown Estate re-appoints Sir Stuart Hampson as Chair
There'll be no change at the top for the Crown Estate for the next four years or so; Sir Stuart Hampson has just been re-appointed as Chair and Gareth Baird as Scottish Commissioner.
Countrywide takes on 60 trainee surveyors
There's been something of a run on Countrywide's new trainee surveyor programme, with demand streaming in from all sorts of property peeps.
OK to build in National Parks; just offset the nature somewhere – Paterson
This sounds like a really bad idea: The Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, is scheduled to announce that developers can build in National Parks, just so long as they do some "biodiversity offsetting"…