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Solicitors found liable in £500k property fraud case
A highly significant - and frankly terrifying - case has just been decided in the High Court, leaving some conveyancing solicitors liable for a half-a-million pound property scam.
Brief Encounters: Stories of buying homes for the super-wealthy
Sometimes buying agents have to go above and beyond to unearth the ideal property; French-based finder Tim Swannie regales us with a few of his more 'interesting' quests...
U+I creates Executive Committee to drive ‘continued evolution’
Six months after Development Securities and Cathedral Group completed their union under the new U+I Plc banner, the property regeneration firm has formed an Executive Committee - ExCo - to push the business's…
How the prime markets beyond London have been performing
The price gap between London and the prime regions has begun to narrow, albeit very slowly, says Savills' Lucian Cook...
Prefab Sprouting: ‘Lego-style’ rooftop extension craned onto Marylebone apartment
Apartment on Nottingham Place started life as a pretty modest 680 square foot 1.5-bed affair on a single-level of a period building
Villarum moves in on Henry VIII’s fairytale Norfolk mansion
William Cash's recently launched "serviced country house" business, Villarum Estates, has made a play for one of the most important historic houses in Norfolk, the spectacular Grade I listed East Barsham…
UK house price growth slows to 7.6% – ONS
Annual UK house price growth measured 7.6% in the year to February, according to the latest from the Office of National Statistics, down from the 7.9% recorded last month.
New Dubai ’emblem’ to be ‘a notch taller’ than the Burj Kalifa
Dubai's landmark drought has come to an end.
Against The Grain: Could this be London’s first timber skyscraper?
Researchers at Cambridge University’s Department of Architecture are working with PLP Architecture and engineers Smith and Wallwork on the future development of tall timber buildings in central London.
Singapore house listed as £90m ultra-prime development site
A unique development opportunity has been causing a stir over in Singapore.
New York has it right on property market transparency – Khan
Labour mayoral hopeful Sadiq Khan has called for New York-style transparency on all property transactions in London.
Don’t kill the golden goose with more tall building ‘mistakes’ – Historic England
Successful architecture is more than a collection of "iconic" objects that might "belong" as much in Dubai as in London, heritage champ Historic England has warned in a withering takedown of the capital's…