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Trumping the Gazumpers: How to avoid getting burned as the market heats up
Buyers will need to have their wits about them as gazumping returns with a vengeance, says Camilla Dell...
British buyers hone in on West End prime
Flying in the face of recent reports estimating that nearly three-quarters of London's new-build stock is sold abroad, one agency has reported a very different story going on right in the heart of the…
New Group Chief Exec for LSL
Ian Crabb is taking over as Group Chief Executive of LSL Property Services, which owns Marsh & Parsons, Lauristons, YourMove and more, from 9th September.
Infographic: Rightmove House Price Index
Who doesn't love a good infographic? Rightmove definitely does. The portal's gone to town with its August House Price Index, breaking it down into many blue and green pictures:
Birmingham tops buy-to-let hot spots
Birmingham is best for buy-to-let investors, offering a 10%+ rental yield, according to a new survey by Home.co.uk and Move with Us.
“Unprecedented” £825k planning fee for Kensington megabasement
A hedge fund manager is going to have to dig deeper than expected after being landed with an £825,000 Section 106 fee for a lumpy basement excavation in Ladbroke Grove.
Planning nod for Hempel resi conversion
Amazon Property, in partnership with British Land, has been given the thumbs up by Westminster's planners to convert the former Hempel Hotel in Bayswater into eighteen luxury apartments.
Jones Lang chief moves on
Andrew Gould, Jones Lang LaSalle’s former UK chief exec, is heading off at the end of the month after his Summer sabbatical.
On The Edge of Glory: Tyburnia’s developing story
Nestled in between Notting Hill, Marylebone and Mayfair, canny buyers are waking up to the riches that lie within Tyburnia (the area formally known as "around Bayswater", but brilliantly and almost single-handedly…
New chief for Northacre as expansion plans gather pace
Super-prime developer Northacre Plc. has hired former Partner of Estate Four, Niccolo Barattieri di San Pietro, as Chief Executive Officer.
Homes on Film: Zoopla launches Property Movies
Zoopla Property Group has just rolled out Property Movies across its platforms, tapping into the the pretty widely-accepted idea that video is the future of property marketing (look out for an announcement…
Transactions at highest level since Dec 2009 as July sales rocket by 18.5%
88,960 homes were sold in July, according to the latest SDLT stats from HMRC. That's a 0.6% drop on June's numbers but an 18.5% rise on last year's July figures.