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Global strife drives the London property market
If a junta flaps its warheads in China... What happens to London's house prices?
House Tales: Prior Park, Bath
Originally intended as both a palatial country house and an advertisement for the quality of the local stone, Prior Park remains one of the country's finest examples of Georgian architecture.
RICS launches new residential forum
RICS London is launching a residential forum to complement its existing Commercial Property Market Forum, and has made a couple of "important new leadership appointments" to make it all happen:
Executive role for D&G’s Ed Mead
Douglas & Gordon's Ed Mead is taking on a new role as Executive Director of the agency.
Mead. D&G front man, FRICS, PrimeResi contributor
Demanding Times: Ten buyers chasing each property for sale – Countrywide
Demand is outstripping supply by a factor of ten, as an average of 9.7 buyers chased each property for sale in November, according to Countrywide.
That's up from 8.
Blanket HS2 compulsory purchase letters cause “a great deal of anxiety”
15,000 home-owners have apparently been sent a letter that suggests that their properties will be subject to a Compulsory Purchase Order to make way for the HS2 rail link.
10th International Property Show: 8th – 10th April, Dubai
The tenth International Property Show will, according to organisers, be 25% bigger than last year's event, with 300 exhibitors from 80 countries descending on Dubai's International Convention and Exhibition…
How to design a super-prime spa
If you are going to take the plunge and include a spa in your new scheme, make sure you thoroughly understand the target audience and do it properly, says Sheila McCusker...
A recent project in Belgravia
Strong finish for D&G as December activity spiked
December kicked right off in Douglas & Gordon's patch, with a 50% increase in the number of properties hitting the market, a 20% jump in new buyer registrations and a 40% hike in the number of offers received.
Objects of Desire #2: Trophy property and the headless investment
The heart over-rules the head for many buyers of 'Billionaire Property' says Stephen Rees, Head of Real Estate Advisory at Coutts, in the second part of the bank's Objects of Desire report into passion…
London’s £5m+ market climbs 24%, but under-performs the rest of prime
London's £5m+ market broke all the records for volume and value in 2013, says Savills, but price growth at the top of the top-end was slower than the capital's prime market's average, and per square foot…
Wage Wars: Golden handshakes return as property firms hunt top talent
After a five-year absence, it sounds like the "golden hello" is making a comeback in the upper echelons of the property industry, as firms battle to sign key personnel.