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Prime Property of the Week: Stately Progress
Hawkstone Hall, Shropshire
£4.
The Right Side of The Park: Why W2 has the strongest development potential of any PCL market
While many of London’s top addresses (including Kensington Palace Gardens, One Hyde Park and The Lancasters) enjoy prime positions along Hyde Park’s seven-kilometre perimeter, Knight Frank has picked …
We are an island nation: A kitchen island nation
Bravery means something rather different in today's Kensington, says Doer Upper Alan Page as he dwells on what his grandfather would make of it.
Middle Class Problems: The reverberations of a mansion tax
The reverberations of a mansion tax will be felt all the way down the property ladder, says Will Hollest, as he points out even more flaws in the latest set of plans to tax high value homes
Video Gains: Could video streaming change the face of prime property marketing?
The revolution - in the property industry at least - is being televised.
CASE STUDY: From degenerate pub to Chelsea des res
Gary Linton has managed to turn a grotty drinking establishment on the Fulham Road into a boutique apartment scheme that's selling like proverbial hotcakes.
Prime Property of the Week: Phenomenal Phillimore
Phillimore Gardens, Kensington
£15m
Letter from the Home Counties: When only the best of the best will do
'Best of the best' instructions are still selling - and breaking records - in Surrey and Berkshire, says Garry Collins, but next year's spring market may not end up flourishing until the summer...
Required Reading: High value residential property and the Immigration Act
The requirement for landlords to undertake immigration checks presents a number of practical points that will have particular relevance to high value resi lettings, says Jane Reyersbach...
Pipe Dreams: Keeping the habit with private smoking rooms
Smokers are a dying breed, but there’s still a rather valuable 0.1% of HNW homebuyers who want somewhere a bit special to puff away in.
Feverish Pitch: The Doer Upper’s sales agency ‘beauty’ parade
Five estate agencies are vying for the affections (sales commission) of our resident doer upper, as he sets about putting his Kensington project on the market
Carrington: It could be a long winter for the resi sales market
Currently, none of the main political parties have a coherent strategy, and this uncertainty is not helping the market at all, says Lonres Chairman William Carrington..