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Deal or No Deal: Seven Steps To Successful Negotiation
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?
Stamp Duty Lose-Lose: Why more means less for the Exchequer’s coffers
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.
School’s Out(side): How design can capture the imagination of our residential communities
Well-designed spaces in our schools can make a dramatic difference to the local area.
Big Guns: In search of London’s largest homes
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…
High (Blood) Pressure Sales: The stress of development
The gentleman developer's life is one of stress, strife and stuttering sales, says our resident Doer Upper Alan Page...
War of Independents: The estate agents who never rest
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.
Reactions: RICS’ proposed cap on house prices
Finally we have some visible growth. Don't panic, says Glentree International's Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Office to Resi: Mark Collins on CBRE’s major play
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...
The Doer Upper Vs The Estate Agent from Hell
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...
Southbank hits prime stride as £2000 psf beckons – CBRE
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;
Great Houses of London: An Evening with James Stourton
Fancy brushing up on your knowledge of the capital's preeminent abodes? Better pop this in the diary then;
Future Shock: London’s Southbank in 2023
There's a great deal riding - and rising - on London's Southbank right now.