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Space Planning: Knight Frank goes galactic
Sub-orbital space travel has the right stuff to "radically shift global property markets," says Knight Frank (and Richard Branson) in its soon-to-launch Wealth Report 2014.
Royal Brompton Rejig: RBKC publishes planning guidance
The draft Supplementary Planning Document for 3.5 acres of the Royal Brompton Hospital’s land - potentially the most valuable PCL development opportunity since Chelsea Barracks - has just gone public.
English Rose’s early raid on the warchest
English Rose Estates has gone to town, spending £50m of its £300m warchest in the first two months of the year.
Property finance group recruits risk head from BoE
LendInvest and Montello, Christian Faes' peer-to-peer and short-term finance operations, have hired Mrinal Ray as Head of Risk and Compliance from the Bank of England.
Fit for purpose? London’s new wave of private gyms and spas
Residents of modern luxury developments are increasingly looking for more than an apartment, displaying an appetite for "lifestyle packages" to rival those found in the world's top hotels.
Battersea Power Station raises the bar with Phase Two marketing suite
The marketing suite for Battersea Power Station's Phase Two has been hoisted on top of the development in preparation of the units' release on 1st May.
Countrywide turns in best ever January and goes on the hunt for a new CEO
The UK's largest estate agency, Countrywide, has reported its best January in 28 years of trading.
Stepping down: Grenville Turner
The firm generated a whopping £50.
Marsh & Parsons opens in SheBu
158-year-old estate agency Marsh & Parsons is to open a new office on Askew Road in West London in March, taking its total branch tally in the capital to 19.
Rude place names cost house prices £84,000
The folks at Needaproperty have spent two months making a list of Britain's rudest street names - Minge Lane, Crotch Crescent and the like - and getting a statistics-head (Dr Geoff Ellis) to try to quantify…
Savills tops real estate SuperBrands list
Savills has walked away with the top spot in SuperBrands' Real Estate category.
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.