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Country property goes on show in Chelsea
John D Wood is bringing its country network to town just in time for the Chelsea Flower Show, hosting a country property exhibition at the Sloane Club in SW3 on 23rd May.
Strictly Home Dancing: The two bed apartment with a 350-person ballroom
It's a common brief. Two or three bedrooms, top drawer location, nice reception room overlooking a square, and enough entertaining space for 350 of their closest friends.
Neighbourhood Watching: London’s postcode lottery
Can a five minute walk really be worth another 50 per cent?
Savills brings Scotland to London
There's a 'surge in interest' for prime Scottish property from London-based buyers, says Savills, which is organising a Scottish Property Expo in the capital at the end of April to tap the demand.
Square Mile High: How the City hit £3,000 psf
After a 15.3% surge in the last year alone, resi prices in London's Square Mile are reaching highs of up to £3,000 per square foot, says Diana Alam, Associate Director of Residential for JLL...
Prime London prices behind the curve as PCL plateaus
The prime central London market is hitting a plateau, says Savills, but that doesn't mean that prime London is over-priced...
Deverell Smith appoints twelve new consultants
Property recruitment outfit Deverell Smith has announced a raft of new appointments in response to a boom in demand for top candidates across the industry.
Some of the new starters
Rare batch of new-build homes launched in Marylebone
The first new-build houses to be built as a group in Marylebone for over thirty years have just been released, with prices starting at over £4m apiece.
PCL v Prime Country: Price gap ‘close to the widest it has ever been’
"The differential between prime central London and prime country houses is close to the widest it has ever been", says Knight Frank in its latest market briefing, but there's something of a resurgence…
£10m Victorian period piece comes to the market in Kensington
One of the last vestiges of high Victoriana in Kensington has just hit the market for a cool £10m.
Bids rise as supply tightens for sixth month in a row
The number of properties per estate agency branch has dropped for the sixth consecutive month to tickle a ten-year low, according to the NAEA.
How have global tax changes affected luxury property markets?
'Certain taxes were more effective than others towards their intended purpose in curbing prices,' says Christies International Real Estate in a survey of global property tax changes last year.