Location: East of England
Carter Jonas ramps up planning team after yet another acquisition
Just a few weeks after strengthening its estate agency business by snapping up Barnes-based Boileaus, Carter Jonas has seriously bolstered its planning offering in the capital with the acquisition of…
SDLT reform ‘overdue’ but will buyers at the top end ‘eventually take it on the chin’ or is it a ‘disaster for prime property sales’?
Property industry insiders weigh-in on George Osborne's overhaul of the property tax regime...
Batch of new appointments at Strutt & Parker as revenues breach £100m
Strutt & Parker has had a rather good year, posting a 22% increase in revenues and a 60% jump in pre-tax operating profits.
In the year to 30th April 2014, the firm brought in £102.
Brace of new recruits for Regis
Ground rent investment specialists Regis Group has recruited an investment director and a senior management accountant.
Both roles have been newly created and are effective immediately.
Prime Property of the Week: Shipshape in Suffolk
Holm House, Drinkstone, Suffolk
£2.5m
It may look like a Georgian rectory - it may even feel like a Georgian rectory - but there are, in fact, iPhones older than this house.
That's right.
WhatHouse? Awards: Winners
Some deserving accolades were dished out to some of the prime resi industry's finest at last week's WhatHouse? Awards.
FORECAST: UK Prime Regional Towns +4% to +7% next year; PCL -2% to +1% – Carter Jonas
Forecast season started early this year. So much so that it still feels a bit too soon for mince pies, yet we've already had 2015 predictions from all these firms.
‘Unexpected’ Q3 price rise for PCL and the second most expensive deal on the Registry – LCP
The number of resi transactions across England and Wales is now at nearly double its credit crunch low-point, says London Central Portfolio, after a 27.8% increase over the last 12 months.
Irwin Mitchell boosts HNW offering with two new acquisitions
HNW advisory Berkeley Law and its separate resi property and conveyancing business, Berkeley Hurrell, have been snapped up by legal services giant Irwin Mitchell.
Countrywide reports record Q3 profits, despite a London slowdown
Hamptons and John D Wood owner Countrywide has reported record profits in the three month period to 30 September 2014, despite a slowdown in London's volumes.
£15.5m Hans Place house becomes UK’s most expensive online-only instruction
A 5385 square foot end-of-terrace on one of London's most sought-after turnings has just smashed the record for the UK's most expensive online-only listing.
BP Collins adds four more lawyers to its property team
Buckinghamshire law firm BP Collins LLP has boosted its burgeoning property team with the appointment of four new associates.