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Crystal Balls 2016: Property market forecasts from the key residential research units
As another new year looms large, the residential industry’s leading pundits and analysts are unanimous about one thing: the property market is fragmenting, with micro-markets emerging in various locations…
Crystal Balls 2016: Prime property pundits’ predictions for the year ahead
It's been a tough 12 months for the high-value residential property industry, with a General Election cleaving the year in two, fallout from a major overhaul of the stamp duty system quashing activity,…
Prime London prices end the year up 0.5% but Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Mayfair take a tumble
Prime London property prices dipped by -0.8% in Q4, reports Savills, taking the annual movement to +0.5%.
Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2015: The Winners
The restoration of Belmont House in Lyme Regis, where John Fowles wrote The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects' remarkable Kilboy (below), and Capability Brown’s landscape…
Total value of PCL sales plummets by a quarter
The combined value of the houses and flats sold in prime central London fell by nearly 25% this year, according to new analysis by LonRes.
Resort Chic: Finchatton unveils epic $24m Bahamas apartment
Top-end developer Finchatton has given us a sneak peek at its latest international design project - a $24m, 7,775 square foot residence in one of the world's most exclusive resorts.
Crown Estate sells Kensington Palace Gardens mega-mansion
UPDATE: Reports have claimed the mystery buyer is Dalian Wanda boss Wang Jianlin, China's richest man.
Luxury serviced apartment scheme planned at Islington Square
Sager Group and Cain Hoy are to launch "one of the most luxurious and exclusive hospitality offerings in London" at their new £400m Islington Square development.
Luxury apartment block delivers a ‘new aesthetic’ for South Kensington
A rather striking new addition to South Kensington has recently launched on Harrington Road.
Scotland hikes LBTT for second homes in line with SDLT
John Swinney has followed George Osborne's lead, announcing a 3% increase in the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax rate for additional properties in Scotland, such as buy-to-let and second homes.
Britain now has 622,939 ‘property millionaires’
There are currently 622,939 "property millionaires" in Britain, according to Zoopla's latest estimate, 75,796 more than there were in January.
A 14% rise over the last year now means that 2.
New-build French château becomes ‘the world’s most expensive home’
It's been reported that a monumental château outside Paris has just sold for $301m (about £200m), which would effectively smash the current world record.