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People: The most expensive celebrity homes bought and sold this year
Piece Brosnan’s $100m Malibu super-home tops People magazine’s rundown of the biggest celebrity homes listed and traded in 2020...
New ‘luxury hybrid’ estate agency launches in Cheshire
A new estate agency has launched in Cheshire, covering a prime patch around Hale, Hale Barns and Bowdon.
Strutt & Parker combines Knightsbridge & Chelsea teams on Sloane Street
135-year-old estate agency Strutt & Parker is combining its long-established Chelsea SW3 residential team with its Knightsbridge operation, in the firm’s flagship office at 66 Sloane Street.
Northacre’s The Broadway tops out as resi sales ‘remain buoyant’
Super-prime developer Northacre has sold £40m-worth of apartments since April in its first mixed-use scheme, The Broadway, which has now reached full height.
Property market momentum ‘likely to carry through into next year’, despite the bleak economic outlook
Knight Frank boils down its property market analysis for the coming months into a single key question: "will there be positive news on a treatment or a vaccine before the momentum runs out?"
In Pictures: One of Mayfair’s original mansions lists at £54.5m
14,500 square foot stonker on Upper Grosvenor Street was built in 1732, and packs one of the biggest private swimming pools in PCL...
Landlord seeks tenant to renovate country pile in Buckinghamshire
Tenants who agree to refurbish the ‘substantial’ Battlesden House can set up home in the seven-bed property for a reduction in their rent, according to to agents Savills, who are billing the unusual…
Marsh & Parsons recruits Kay & Co’s Sulkin to run Marylebone & Mayfair branch
Paul Sulkin joins the 31-branch agency after more than two decades at BHHS Kay & Co.
New lettings chief for BHHS Kay & Co
Matt Staton has moved from Marsh & Parsons to join Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay & Co.
Planning applications fell by nearly a quarter in Q2
At 88,000, the number of applications submitted across England was down by 23% on the same quarter in 2019, while the number receiving a decision (71,700) fell by 22% year-on-year.
Kensington buyer ‘sues conveyancer for £4.6m’
Another twist in the saga involving South End's infamous 'stripy house'...
Watch: A quick explainer on electronic signatures from HM Land Registry
The Land Registry started to accept electronic signatures in July, in a tech-savvy move accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.