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50% hike in January offers – Douglas & Gordon
Interesting noises from the Douglas & Gordon camp this morning, with reports of a 50% year-on-year increase in the number of offers made in January.
Prime rents generally flat as a pancake (only W8 crept up) but 2013 could pan out well
Despite a 23.2% year-on-year increase in applicant numbers in the three months to January, rents in prime central London fell 0.
Planning for climate change
The Planning and Climate Change Coalition, which represents over 60 cross-sector organisations, has strongly welcomed Baroness Hanham's comments in the House of Lords earlier this week, recognising the…
Strutt & Parker gets nod for BBC TV Centre resi sales at £1000 psf
Strutt & Parker has added to the positive waves in 2013's property market so far with a batch of market stats and the news that the agency has been "specifically charged with selling 1,000 residential…
Footballers coming home: Surrey tops property premiership
The transfer window's firmly closed, but the business of relocating soccer stars still has vital minutes left to play.
RESI Awards 2013: The Shortlist
Awards season kicks off early this year, with the shortlist for RESI Awards 2013 - the popular extension to the RESI conference which "recognise excellence in residential property" - revealed today.
The return of the mansion tax: Lib Dems vow to put “payslips before palaces”
The Lib Dems have re-awoken the mansion tax debate all over again, despite the Tories categorically stating that "We won't introduce a new tax on property" in last year's Autumn Statement.
Austerity Auction: Bidding for Greece’s Holland Park mansion to start at £22m
Reports today suggest that Greece is about to offload a major asset in Holland Park, to the tune of £22m.
Search agency offers “one-day guarantee”
A property search agency in London has announced the punchy pledge of a "one-day guarantee", promising placement for rental clients in a single, high-octane day of between 18 and 24 viewings.
How Onslow can you go? South Ken uber-basement gets thumbs up
It looks like it's all gone south for neighbours opposed to Daimler-Benz heir Gert-Rudolph "Muck" Flick's ambitious development plans in South Kensington.
Crown Estate wins luxury resi approval in St James’s
Westminster planners have approved an application by The Crown Estate to redevelop a large site between St James's Street, which runs from Piccadilly to Pall Mall, and Bury Street in the heart of St St…
Knotweed season: advice for resi properties
The RICS have released an information paper on that scourge of surveyors and property owners, Japanese Knotweed, which kicks off its growing season right about now.