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Northacre lands Kazakh Embassy development on Thurloe Square
Northacre's new CEO Niccolo Barattieri di San Pietro is off to a righteous start, with the luxury developer being appointed as development manager with 15% stake on an Abu Dhabi Capital Management resi…
Jones Lang chief moves on
Andrew Gould, Jones Lang LaSalle’s former UK chief exec, is heading off at the end of the month after his Summer sabbatical.
Planning nod for Hempel resi conversion
Amazon Property, in partnership with British Land, has been given the thumbs up by Westminster's planners to convert the former Hempel Hotel in Bayswater into eighteen luxury apartments.
“Unprecedented” £825k planning fee for Kensington megabasement
A hedge fund manager is going to have to dig deeper than expected after being landed with an £825,000 Section 106 fee for a lumpy basement excavation in Ladbroke Grove.
Birmingham tops buy-to-let hot spots
Birmingham is best for buy-to-let investors, offering a 10%+ rental yield, according to a new survey by Home.co.uk and Move with Us.
Infographic: Rightmove House Price Index
Who doesn't love a good infographic? Rightmove definitely does. The portal's gone to town with its August House Price Index, breaking it down into many blue and green pictures:
New Group Chief Exec for LSL
Ian Crabb is taking over as Group Chief Executive of LSL Property Services, which owns Marsh & Parsons, Lauristons, YourMove and more, from 9th September.
Top taxman joins Foxtons ahead of float
One of HMRC's top brass, Ian Barlow, is joining the board of Foxtons as the estate agency preps for a major IPO, according to reports by Sky News.
Full steam ahead for Admiralty Arch hotel and resi scheme
Rafael Serrano has netted formal approval to turn Admiralty Arch into a hotel, private members' club and super-prime private residences, with construction due to kick off early next year.
Transactions at highest level since Dec 2009 as July sales rocket by 18.5%
88,960 homes were sold in July, according to the latest SDLT stats from HMRC. That's a 0.6% drop on June's numbers but an 18.5% rise on last year's July figures.
Homes on Film: Zoopla launches Property Movies
Zoopla Property Group has just rolled out Property Movies across its platforms, tapping into the the pretty widely-accepted idea that video is the future of property marketing (look out for an announcement…
New chief for Northacre as expansion plans gather pace
Super-prime developer Northacre Plc. has hired former Partner of Estate Four, Niccolo Barattieri di San Pietro, as Chief Executive Officer.