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Auction house pitches grand French château to wealthy London commuters
You can genuinely commute to the UK capital from Château Holtz in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais countryside, according to Concierge Auctions, who are listing the sprawling pile on a reserve of less than £400k…
Email hack reveals Corcoran’s corporate secrets
A rogue email has circulated the American real estate giant's broker commission splits and more
‘Unscrupulous’ Westminster landlord hit with record £500k planning fine
Southwark Crown Court hands down the biggest ever penalty for a planning offence in Westminster after enforcement officers discover eight flats crammed into a three-bed house in Maida Vale
Specialist buying agency launches, just for first-time buyers
Former Haus and Foxtons estate agent Rebecca Stott has started FoundIt London; the capital's first property buying agency just for first-time buyers
Private Finance opens first regional office
Indy mortgage broker has moved into Shrewsbury as part a "strategic expansion" into the Midland and North
Nearly half of London letting agents break the law
46% of London letting agents inspected in the last 15 months "do not comply with the law"; rogue agents have paid more than £1.2m in fines in that time.
Berkeley Group tops out its tallest building to date
South Quay Plaza is also the tallest building Foster + Partners has ever designed in the UK, outdoing the iconic HSBC Tower by nearly 15 metres
Battersea Power Station secures £600m package for Phase 3 development
Financing for Phase 3 of Battersea's 42-acre regeneration project has been successfully completed
Ex-Savills director joins Knight Frank’s ILM team
PRS specialist Mat Hobbs will drive the firm’s advisory function for investment lettings and major portfolios
‘Exceptionally large’ Knightsbridge mansion sells for £32.5m
1840s Grade II listed Italianate affair near the Iranian Embassy changes hands in one of the largest transactions of 2019 so far...
‘Ominous’ signs for the lettings market as the ‘never-ending Brexit saga’ curbs sales – RICS
There's a "consistent imbalance" between tenant demand and rental supply, warn surveyors, while Brexit-based uncertainty is continuing to thwart activity in the sales market
Electronic signatures are valid, rules Law Commission
"An electronic signature can generally be used in place of a handwritten signature," confirms The Law Commission, "as long as the usual rules on signatures are met"