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Ancient Myths: On the fear of ‘stale’ property marketing
Serious potential purchasers are not really interested in how long the property has been on for, says Trevor Abrahmsohn, so why are vendors so obsessed with 'freshness'?
Estate agents ‘can’t wait around for the government’s plans for professionalisation’
Service levels won't improve until all estate agents have access to training, argues Keller Williams UK boss Ben Taylor
Bumper year for top-end land and estates market as HNWI hedge their bets against inflation
£150m worth of prime rural estates have already been sold in 2018, notes buying agent Jess Simpson, with grand affairs in the south of England commanding the greatest premiums...
Carrington on Q2: Brexit, Purplebricks & PCL
With the arrival of Kit Malthouse as the seventeenth incumbent Minister of State for Housing since 1997, one could say that this time, at last, we have someone with real experience of local government…
How property developers can foster London’s artistic future
Candida Gertler OBE looks beyond the glare of the art fair, calling on property developers to play an important and active role in delivering creative spaces for artists in new developments
Paradise Found: On the value of nature
A number of English farms that may not seem very desirable on paper have been going for above the odds recently; country buying agent Robin Gould explains why...
Call Me Maybe: Why you should never leave voicemails
Forget old fashioned voice messages - today's top brokers need to employ more efficient forms of communication to get results, says Knight Frank's super-prime specialist Daniel Daggers...
Avalanche of subsidence claims could put insurance firms on shaky ground
The aftermath of the long hot summer of 1976 saw a wave of subsidence claims across the UK, notes Trevor Abrahmsohn, and insurance firms may need to brace themselves as history repeats...
Explaining the new National Planning Policy Framework
Tom Stanley summarises the key points to consider
Industry reactions to the revised NPPF
Some strong support for the new National Planning Policy Framework, but also criticisms
Earls Court: ‘A big hole in West London that’s going to take time, deep pockets & big cojones to fill’
Capco's ambitious Earls Court project could eventually demonstrate 'urban regeneration at its best' says Property Vision's Charlie Ellingworth - but it looks like the project may be causing serious headaches…
What about inner city development, Sir Oliver? You need to break some eggs…
The Rt Hon Sir Oliver Letwin’s recent report is an interesting read in considering swathes of the Thames Estuary, Nine Elms or Bicester - but it doesn’t really address the heart of the problem, says…