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Ivy Gate makes a move on the USA
James Caan-backed two-and-a-half-year-old West London estate agency Ivy Gate has signed an agreement to open up shop(s) in the United States.
The Rise of the TIARAs: Buying agency picks top trends for 2015
Ever heard of TIARAs? Us neither, but apparently they're going to be one of the big trends of next year, according to Jessica Simpson of buying agency Private Property Search...
Read it and weep: On the parallel universe of the free property magazine
A lot of free magazines filled with a lot of very premium stuff get stuffed through Alan Page's Kensington letterbox. Who is all this for, he asks, and why do they do it?
INTERVIEW: Wilben’s Benjamin & William Samuels on why property is in the blood
Twin brothers and super-prime developers had sketched out their business plan by the age of 16
Deverell Smith plans 100% expansion as demand for property recruitment services ‘soars’
The market may still be in choppy waters, but it doesn't sound like property firms are battening down the hatches just yet - far from it in fact.
John Taylor debuts in Germany with new Berlin base
Luxury real estate brokerage John Taylor has boosted its tally of global offices to 21 after opening up a Berlin operation.
Relationship with property ‘has permanently changed’ as regional markets fragment
"The fragmented nature of the regional market became very apparent" this year, says Carter Jonas, as house prices soared past their pre-crash high-points in the South and East, but continued to languish…
Change at the top for St Modwen’s resi operations
St. Modwen, the property developer and regeneration specialist behind New Covent Garden and Wembley Central, has made a couple of changes to its senior residential team.
PCL price growth sinks to six-year low (but at least viewings are on the up)
Annual price growth in prime central London fell to 0.9% in November, Knight Frank has reported. A monthly decline of 0.3% took the yearly rate down to the lowest it's been since October 2009.
Strutt & Parker acquires Surrey planning consultancy
Strutt & Parker has bought AKA Planning, an independent planning consultancy based in Leatherhead.
AKA's team of six planners will join Strutt & Parker’s existing development team in Guildford;
Number of £500k+ stamp duty bills in prime London rockets by 64%
High value property transactions have slumped in the last year, as a major reform of the stamp duty system significantly upped the cost of moving at the £1m+ level.
Present Sense: Why sellers shouldn’t wait until spring
The combined effects of Stamp Duty reform, Mortgage Reviews and a General Election may have have kept a firm lid on transactions and prices during 2015, but Strutt & Parker has reported "signs of life"…