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Is this Britain’s answer to Beverly Hills?
Home to Middle Eastern royalty, international business tycoons and a host of famous faces including Sir Bruce Forsyth, Formula One's Eddie Jordan and golfer Ernie Els, the Wentworth Estate in Virginia…
Help to Buy: A property manager’s view
No matter which way you look at it, Help to Buy can only be positive, says Rupert Collingwood...
A new young lion for Housing Ministry?
Kris Hopkins' first job should be to rid the planning system of political influences, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Green & Pleasant Land: Unlocking London’s garden square premium
Prestigious and protected, the capital's garden squares are bordered by some of its most desirable homes. But exactly how much of a premium do these properties command?
Money Where Your Mouth Is: Haute cuisine heats up house prices
A top notch restaurant can "make a good location even better," raising property prices by up to 20% according to some research by Mayfair's Wetherell estate agency and Richard Caring's Caprice Holdings.
Help to Buy: A buying agent’s view
The government should be addressing why housing is so expensive in the first place, rather than finding a way to fund it, says Camilla Dell...
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.