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Every Cloud: SDLT hike creates “profound” increase in value for money between £2m-£3m
Property search firm Garrington reckons there's some serious value for money to be had in the £2m-£3m bracket across London right now, as the stamp duty rise from 5% to 7% continues to distort the market.
Grouse estate will “set the benchmark” for this year’s demand
Savills has launched an historic Scottish estate with grouse moor today, on The Glorious Twelfth, and expects its reception from buyers to "set the benchmark for the level of demand in Scotland this year."
Shrewd property investors reap 2,200% returns over 18 years
New stats from Savills show that a property investor could, if they picked the right areas, have turned £1m into £23m over the last 18 years.
Move Along: Traveller sites given marching orders
Eric Pickles has told local councils that they should clamp down quickly on illegal encampments and unauthorised traveller sites, as he announced a new set of guidelines that gives "more power and a stronger…
Comedy of Manors: Why William Cash is banning the WI
Opening a historic home to the public is no tea party, discovers William Cash as he gets into hot water with the W.I. during a Wodehouse-worthy episode at Upton Cressett.
Ballymore goes for the big picture
Here's a snappy marketing idea from the Ballymore Group...
Home Returns: Global investors’ £7bn pot for resi property in the UK
Investors around the world have a grand total of around £7bn to spend on residential property in the UK, and over £750 million has already been invested in the first half of this year, according to CBRE’s…
PCL property prices to rise by 8.4% this year – Cluttons
Help to Buy will push Greater London house prices up by 6.9% this year, annualised at a rate of 3.2% over the next five years, according to the Cluttons' latest tea leaves.
Jones Lang LaSalle bolsters Resi Valuation team
Jones Lang LaSalle has strengthened its central London-based Resi Valuation team with a series of key promotions.
Pretty Vacant: Hamptons launches care service for empty properties
With a shrewd sense of timing, Hamptons International has unleashed a new service specifically designed for absent property owners.
House Tales: Holdenby House, Northamptonshire
Whatever became of this extraordinary palace, once hailed as the country's largest private house? The National Archives' Nicholas Kingsley investigates...
Savills profits up 40%; UK resi fees up 15%
Savills plc's half year results to 30th June 2013 show a 13% increase in group revenue to £399m (H1 2012: £353.3m), and a 25% surge in pre-tax profits, from £17.1m in H1 2012 to £21.