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Trio of mansions near Guildford are being sold on the instructions of receivers for a combined £23.5m

3.3% of private homes in London changed hands in a 12 month periods, with eight boroughs seeing more than one in every 25 homes sell.

Studies that took place at Orielton are said to have inspired the classic novel ‘Watership Down’

"There are looming challenges," warns RIBA's research chief, "but overall architects are optimistic about the months ahead."

Kensington & Chelsea Council is bidding to buy the old Notting Hill Police Station building in Holland Park, which is due to formally go up for sale this month.

Lucy Partington has joined the agency after ten years at Cluttons

The Government has updated official pandemic guidance for the property industry and those moving home in England, tweaking the advice to reflect changes to self isolation periods.

The average asking price of a property listed for sale outside London on OnTheMarket in December was £364k, up 3.7% from the same month last year. Within Greater London, the average asking price was £1.

“London’s super-prime markets stellar end to the year is evidence of the influence that the pandemic-fuelled desire for more space has on residential markets," says Savills.

Hamptons estimates that around half of all new landlord purchases last year used a company to hold their buy-to-let property.

"Early-bird sellers who got themselves ready to come to market are now benefitting from the busiest start to the year that we’ve ever recorded," says Rightmove.

Boutique agency reports another flurry of high-end sales in and around St John’s Wood - which continues to be one of the most popular areas of London for prime buyers