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Party Barns & Jacuzzis: 2014’s most (and least) wanted features
Forget basements, bifolds and egg-shaped baths, it's all about party barns, cabanas and plunge pools for 2014's buyers.
Nervousness at the top end means a shift in buyers’ favour
Unprecedented demand has cultivated a 'sellers' market in London over recent years, but change is afoot in the higher price ranges, says Camilla Dell...
Prime Property of The Week: The Mayfair Office-To-Resi
Clarges Street, Mayfair
£8.25m (OIEO)
Mayfair's resi renaissance has been one of the capital's most interesting trends in recent years. Hedge funders and water coolers are on the way out;
The market is still bullish; take a long term view – Bidwells
House prices accelerated faster in the last three months of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014 than at any other period in almost a decade, according to the latest research from the South East/Eastern…
Market Town Leader: What is it about St Albans?
Adjudged to be Mayfair's worthy replacement on a recent real life mock-up of the UK Monopoly board, well-to-do St Albans has once again been named as one of the country’s best-performing centres…
World in London #4: Who’s Next?
In the fourth and final part of Savills' World in London 2014 report, Yolande Barnes asks which nationalities will be making an impact on London's property market in five years' time.
INTERVIEW: James Nightingall on revolutionising the UK’s buying industry
James Nightingall has big plans for the UK's buying industry.
So why have 3,000 offices signed up to OnTheMarket?
As support for Agents' Mutual ticks past the 3,000 office mark, and with everything looking on track ahead of January's launch, Trevor Abrahmsohn explains why he's behind the new movement, and what…
Property industry ‘right to be worried’ about short let proposals
In a couple of months, the Government will consider plans to withdraw the need to apply for planning permission currently required to let out a residential property for a period of less than ninety days.
To Buy Or Not To Buy? That is the election
What with 2015 coming up and all that, these experts have differing opinions on whether now is the time to buy a property in prime central London...
In a Spin: A bumpy ride ahead for London’s market
The headlines have flipped from Property Bubble to London Cooling in the space of just a few weeks.
Rights to Light: Landscape improves for developers
Developers "should be less fearful of going to court" over rights to light - as long as they have acted in a reasonable and responsible way - concludes a panel of experts assembled by Mishcon de Reya to…