Land Registry seeks views on ‘unnecessarily complex’ fee structure
The official register of land ownership in England & Wales says its fee & charging structure 'hasn’t been significantly revised since the organisation’s inception in 1862.'
Competition watchdog to investigate eight major housebuilders
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Prime Minister pledges to ‘put rocket boosters’ under urban housebuilding
The government is ramping up rhetoric around housing market interventions.
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Economists call for sweeping ‘liberalisation’ of planning regulations
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Strutts bolsters country house team with hires from Savills & Knight Frank
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St John’s Wood villa with supermodel provenance returns to agency’s books after 30 years
Arlington Residential brings Greville Road property back to market at just under £6mn - three decades after first selling it for under £800k.
Russell Simpson builds Mayfair team
Beau McCarty has joined Hermione Russell's recently-opened office.
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Historic St James’s building sold after luxury redevelopment
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Benchmark deal in Marylebone demonstrates art of ‘old-fashioned agency’
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Is the Prime London sales market turning a corner?
Latest LonRes data shows strong pick-up in under offer numbers and stabilising values - along with signs of a resurgence at the very top-end
Brokerage recruits ex-Savills department head
Sam Pagett will be covering the Cheltenham patch as a Moveli broker.
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Ruth Bloomfield explores the new gadgets & technological leaps that have shaped London’s prime property sector since the turn of the millennium – including portals, smartphones & social media.
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