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New money laundering watchdog, with teeth, to launch in January
The Treasury has created a new watchdog to "tighten the UK’s defences against dirty money whilst minimising unnecessary burdens on legitimate business".
Form’s new mews project gets the green light on Walcot Square
A development for the Walcot Charity will deliver five new mews houses plus a detached house in Lambeth.
Bumper year for Scottish country estates market
20 notable sales recorded in 2017, including the £25m Tulchan...
The Fortress Complex: How the West became obsessed with home security
Sarah Blandy and Rowland Atkinson examine why homeowners are increasingly feeling the need to “fort-up”, and how this trend is influencing domestic architecture...
More PCL markets ‘returning to growth’
Average annual decline continues to slow as increasing numbers of local areas record rising prices
TfL seeks firms to set development wheels in motion
Panel of agents and advisors being assembled to develop out 300-acre London land bank
The 12 Long Reads of Christmas
A rundown of 2017's most popular and insightful features for your festive entertainment...
Candys in the clear as High Court throws out £132m legal action
Tycoons triumph after sensational set-to with entrepreneur Mark Holyoake
The top ten property books to buy this Christmas
Our favourite Mayfair bookshop, Heywood Hill, picks ten cracking reads for prime resi professionals...
Market Snapshot: Virginia Water & The Surrey Hills
Demand for homes is still strong in Surrey's affluent enclaves, reports Knight Frank, but property price growth is limited.
Government bans leasehold sales on ‘nearly all’ new-builds
Reforms to the leasehold system will include setting ground rents on new long leases to zero, and making it easier for leaseholders to buy-out freeholds.
Estate agents should regulated & referral fees should be disclosed – Law Society
"Up-front access to clear information will improve home-buying process", says The Law Society in its response to a consultation by the DCLG.