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Friday Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
A weekly stock check, powered by LonRes
Mall Change: New lease of life for St James’s super-mansions
A blockbuster £95m sale near Buckingham Palace lit up the resi world in early 2019, but an even larger mansion next-door is also due to emerge as a single dwelling as ultra-prime conversions continue…
Humberts appoints Begbies Traynor as administrators
Administrators have been called in again to venerable estate agency Humberts.
Airbnb ‘not an estate agent’, rules EU court
Europe's highest court decides that US-based short-term accommodation platform does not need to comply with French property laws in landmark case
‘Transformer’ rooms & robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes
As the global urban population continues to soar, the increasing need to use space more efficiently means adaptive and responsive domestic micro-environments will replace the old concept of static rooms…
Buyer demand spiked post-election – Rightmove
The UK's biggest property portal recorded a significant jump in email enquiries following the result last week, most noticeably in London, while searches soared in Scotland...
London Square nears sell-out at the Star & Garter after £25m flurry
Developer enters the home straight at its flagship scheme on Richmond Hill
Planners close the book on Hardy country saga
Planning inspector concludes proposals for 120-home development near Dorchester would cause 'permanent damage' to the setting of the Grade I listed Wolfeton House, once frequented by the great Victorian…
Global house price inflation sinks to its lowest level in six years
Hungary has seen the fastest annual property price inflation of any of the 56 countries or territories measured by Knight Frank in the last year
Industry body names new mortgage chief
RBS' Lloyd Cochrane is to be the new chair of UK Finance's Mortgages Product & Service Board, replacing Richard Rowntree
Architects predict a surge in workloads
Business confidence spiked in November, reports the RIBA
Six Senses to make UK debut at £1bn Whiteleys scheme
Huge boost for Bayswater as luxury hospitality giant joins Finchatton and Foster + Partners on the teamsheet; new plans include 14 branded residences, offering access to a suite of 'best-in-class' facilities...