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INTERVIEW: Greenland Group’s GM Wenhao Qian on moving into London
China’s Greenland Group has dived headfirst into the London property market in 2014, with two landmark acquisitions on either side of the capital.
Savills announces strong set of results as UK resi transaction profits jump 34%
Savills has turned in a strong set of preliminary results for 2013, with the resi side of the UK business looking in particularly fine fetter.
Budget2014: Reactions
There's a definite sense of anti-climax around these parts, even though no-one was expecting much to start with. Here's what the prime resi community thinks of today's Budget announcements...
The world’s top ten most valuable property portals
The world's top ten property portal companies are worth a combined £18 billion, according to some new stats on the matter.
Budget2014: Osborne & little change for prime property
Chancellor George has extended the 15% SDLT rate for residential property bought through a corporate envelope from £2m all the way to £500,000, in a move that looks to be aimed squarely at cutting the…
Sisk appointed on new Alchemi scheme
Alchemi Group has hired construction firm John Sisk & Son to build its latest resi project in Victoria.
Battersea Power Station design chief warns against bland developments
Britain's cities are "on a collision course to be overrun with bland, homogenous developments,” warns Battersea Power Station's Head of Design and Placemaking in a new book on urban development around…
The best places to live in Britain are…
Skipton in North Yorkshire, Newnham in Cambridge, Monmouth in Wales and Falmouth in Cornwall have been named as "The Best Places to Live" in Britain by The Sunday Times.
Please Mr Osborne: The prime property industry’s wishlists and forecasts for the #Budget2014
Only George and his minions already know what's actually on the cards for Wednesday's Budget 2014, but our panel of prime property pundits, experts and insiders know what they want (and don't want) to…
Global house prices post record 8.4% growth
House prices around the world rose by 8.4% in 2013 (1.2% in Q4), according to Knight Frank;
The Doer-Upper goes bargain hunting in St Tropez
Buying a house in France is one thing, says Alan Page; owning it under Monsieur Hollande's regime is quite another. Which means that Riviera brokers' books are bulging with unsold second homes;
Letter from MIPIM #4: Developer Night
Nicky Richmond hears talk of silly money and perfect storms on her last night in Cannes...
As ever, the flight home is very quiet.