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McNairney named chief planner for Scotland
John McNairney has been appointed as the new chief planner for Scotland, reports Planning Resource.
London becomes “6th biggest city in France”
Douglas and Gordon have reported both significant activity from French buyers and a shift of focus from traditional prime locations in their latest 'Barometer' findings, released today.
House sales fall almost forty per cent in five years
House sales per surveyor across the UK are almost forty per cent lower than five years ago at the peak of the boom, says the latest RICS UK Housing Market survey.
Finchatton celebrates as Belgravia development sells for £32.5m
Andrew Dunn and Alex Michelin's latest project - a seven-storey, 8,200 sq ft refurbishment on Chester Square - has sold for its full £32.
Abramovich’s unfinished mansion on the market at £70m
Roman Abramovich has put his Lowndes Square uber-project up for sale for £70m, despite it needing an estimated additional £15m to finish it off.
Waterside Network grows in Devon
Three South Devon agents have joined specialist waterfront agents Waterside Network.
Major South coast portfolio offered for £10m
A 1,748-acre swathe of the South coast, including the foreshore of the Sandbanks Peninsula in Poole, is being marketed by Savills for £10m.
Savills triumphs again
Savills has once again secured its position as the UK’s number one property services firm by turnover, in Property Week’s annual survey of property advisors, for the ninth consecutive year and since…
Scale of resi tax avoidance revealed
Unpublished government estimates, obtained by investigative website Exaro, have revealed "about 5,000 residential properties (as opposed to land or commercial property), each worth £2 million or more,…
Super-prime buyers want flats, says LonRes
In a predictable prime central London property market where demand is still strong and supply short, LonRes's Spring Market Report highlights the differences in what buyers want below and above a £2m…
Changes to Scottish stamp duty proposed
The Scottish government has announced plans to replace SDLT with a new progressive system that would see buyers of higher-value properties paying a significantly higher tax rate.
Tracy Kellett finds the Pippa’s bottom of the market
Property finders need to think outside the botox to find their clients the perfect property, says Tracy Kellett.