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In Pictures: Arts & Crafts mansion in Hampstead asks £13.45m
'Exceptional' Quennell/Hart specimen on one of the area's best roads
£24.5m St James’s lateral sells swiftly
Linley-designed four-bed in the landmark St James's House scheme listed on the open market last month
Gazumping levels drop across the country – but soar in London
One in four UK buyers has been gazumped in the last year, says Emoov; that figure rockets to two out of three in the capital
Raynsford Review: A 24-point plan to fix the ‘chaotic patchwork’ planning system
"Planning in England is less effective than at any time in the post-war era", declares Nick Raynsford's team in the first comprehensive review of the planning system for a generation
Buying agency Crown Mayfair recruits Carter Jonas man
Carter Jonas' Head of Residential Sales in Barnes has joined PCL buying agency Crown Mayfair
Stamp duty receipts up on Q2 but down on last year as Hammond ‘misses a trick’
Latest statistics from HMRC show overall SDLT receipts in Q3 were up by 14% on Q2, but down 9% on the same period last year...
Queen surveys RICS to mark the Institute’s 150th anniversary
Surveyors presented Her Majesty with a Lego postbox
Humberts launches its first ‘revolutionary’ property hub; rolls out a lifestyle concierge service
Estate agency opens a 5,000 square foot "high tech, high touch" space in Poundbury, Dorset, and rolls out a new "Humberts Living" concierge brand
Major planning applications in Westminster slump by over 40%
Brexit uncertainty and the resi market slowdown are quelling developers with grand plans, says Westminster Council
London’s super-prime market holds steady; pent-up demand building
Despite intense political uncertainty, transactions above £10m are only marginally down on last year, reports Knight Frank, and activity levels look to be on the rise as vendors over-compensate on pricing...
Wanda offloads trophy Beverly Hills site
Alagem Capital teams up with London-based Cain International to buy eight-acre swathe of 90210, as Chinese giant continues to downgrade its once-massive overseas portfolio
Estate agents are ‘the most stressed profession’ in Britain
Three new surveys tell us that estate agents are the No.1 most stressed profession in Britain, and the fifth least-trusted.