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High Commission: Canada to sell One Grosvenor Square
Number One Grosvenor Square, currently the Canadian High Commission, is to be sold off for either residential or hotel use
The Great Air Race: Inside the battle for London’s rooftops
Where square footage is at a premium, developing the space above a building can unlock sky-high rewards
Hong Kong tops construction cost league
Hong Kong has trumped Switzerland as most expensive construction market, according to EC Harris's latest International Construction Costs Report, while Australia and Japan have both seen significant r…
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
HS2 needs to work harder to protect tranquil areas as well as homes
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has published a series of visualisations of HS2's construction and operational impact on the rail link route's surrounding countryside
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 firs…
Which country has the highest prime property purchase taxes? (Clue: it’s not the UK…)
Who doesn't love a good rundown? We definitely do, so here's accountancy firm UHY’s take on the Big Mac test, with a snapshot of current compulsory property purchase fees on a property worth USD $3.5
Art Attack: Amazon launches fine art market
Online retail behemoth Amazon is getting classy, launching a fine art division with works ranging from a $44 cat portrait up to a $4.85m Norman Rockwell oil on canvas and a Monet for $1.45m
Job opps in property & construction up 92%
Recruitment agency Reed's July Job Index shows a 17% year-on-year increase in the number of jobs vacancies floating around the UK, with opportunities in the construction and property sector up a massive…
Frown Planning: What does the “P” in planning really stand for?
What does the "P" in planning really stand for? Petty, Potty and Pointless, says our resident Doer Upper Alan Page...
I'm all for Planning, but not necessarily for planning.
Singapore and Hong Kong overtake London as world’s most expensive property hotspots
Housing prices in Singapore and Hong Kong are considered the most expensive in the world, primarily due to higher property taxes implemented to cool the market, says Romesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor…
Prime regional prices to rise by 19.8% over the next five years – Savills
The 'burbs are back to pre-crunch peak prices, according to the latest from Savills, as house prices show signs of a fully-fledged recovery across the UK's regions