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We Can Work It Out: How to keep your architect and contractors onside (and on site)
Building projects are never easy, but they can get seriously stressful if you fall out with your team half way through.
“Only 15%” of London’s new homes go to overseas buyers – BPF
Going by recent headlines, you'd be forgiven for thinking that nearly all of London's new-builds were being hoovered up by foreign investors.
Levy lift to put self-builders back on track
Around 3,000 "mothballed" self build projects will kick back in to action as a result of the lifting of the Community Infrastructure Levy on owner-occupied and -commissioned homes, according to the government…
Glentree boss to reveal secret closing technique
Having shifted more than £3billion worth of bricks and mortar over the last forty years, what Trevor Abrahmsohn doesn't know about deal-making probably isn't worth knowing.
Winkworth Oxford moves home
Winkworth has significantly upgraded its presence in Oxford, moving lock and stock up to a much larger premises and naming a new manager.
The firm's new "coffee shop" look
Foster+Partners chief steps out
Sir Norman's Foster + Partners has decided to ditch the role of Chief Executive, replacing it with a more comradely Managing Partner.
Notting Hill, Holland Park & Kensington in “rude health” as prices per square foot rocket
The housing market in the swankier parts of West London (W8, W11, W2, W10 and W14) remains in "rude health", according to the latest from local agent Crayson.
Westminster “crisis” as empty homes cause voter shortage – Labour
It's an "Empty Homes Crisis" as overseas property investors reduce the number of voters in Westminster. So claims the borough's Labour Group.
Shropshire’s Elizabethan trove to go under the hammer
A rare gamut of Elizabethan and Jacobean furnishings is coming up for auction with Bonhams in Oxford, as a collection from Grade I listed Shropshire mansion Morville Hall is offered on 30th April.
Celebrity stylist vows to take on council in “Battle of Britten”
You don't often hear "celebrity hairdresser" and "local government" in the same sentence, but one SW3-based coiffologist has made it happen by decided to take on the Conservative-heavy Kensington & Chelsea…
PCL sales transaction values hit another high note as Notting Hill & Kensington boom
The prime central London property market has been generating sales transaction values not seen since 2006, according to Strutt & Parker.
Sotheby’s International moves into China
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates is making its first foray into mainland China, opening Beijing Sotheby’s International Realty within the next few weeks.