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The Buying Solution's Jonathan Bramwell shares his seven-step guide to getting the best deal for your client... 1. Research the vendor’s position • Ask or try to establish, what is driving the sale?

Following the recent SDLT changes, the number of property transactions above £2m has fallen and the Revenue receives less tax from industries associated with the property sector.

Well-designed spaces in our schools can make a dramatic difference to the local area.

For our friends over in the commercial sector, ambition is measured by the loft of a skyscraper - demonstrated to great effect by the Shard et al - but here in the residential world, it's lateral space…

The gentleman developer's life is one of stress, strife and stuttering sales, says our resident Doer Upper Alan Page...

There's no time for time off as an independent estate agent; "you do what you have to do to get the deal done," says James Bailey after a hectic summer of big deals and sticking it to the big boys.

Finally we have some visible growth. Don't panic, says Glentree International's Trevor Abrahmsohn... 

In his first column for PrimeResi, CBRE's Mark Collins explains how he turned the firm's resi business into a major player and why the acquisition of EA Shaw last year was such a big deal...

Not all agents are equal... In his latest escapade, our resident Doer Upper Alan Page has a run-in with the worst kind while doing a kind deed. This is how not to sell a property...

Featuring that instant-classic visualisation of London's Southbank in ten years' time, CBRE's authoritative report on the area's transformation is not to be missed. It's a fascinating story;

Fancy brushing up on your knowledge of the capital's preeminent abodes? Better pop this in the diary then;

There's a great deal riding - and rising - on London's Southbank right now.