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Dorset's Sandbanks peninsula has been dubbed many things this week; "Britain's Palm Beach", "Billionaires' Playground", "World's Fourth Most Expensive Place To Buy A House" and now "Moscow-on-Sea".

This sounds like a really bad idea: The Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, is scheduled to announce that developers can build in National Parks, just so long as they do some  "biodiversity offsetting"…

Bangkok will see an increase in the number of London property exhibitions over the coming months as more UK developers include the Thai capital on their Southeast Asia sales events, says PropertyGuru's…

Winkworth has opened its 93rd UK office, and fifth new one this year, in Guildford, Surrey. This latest branch is part the agency's plan to capitalise on booming markets in London's commuter belt;

Foxtons will start life on the London Stock Exchange with a value of £649m (a cool $1bn), right at the top-end of the expected £550-650m range. Shares in the estate agency were valued at £2.

George Osborne has told the Institute of Directors that the property market is not overheating.

Once dubbed "the grandest house in Scotland", but now tragically better known as "Britain's most expensive repossessed house", Melville House in Fife has come up for sale again with a "knockdown" asking…

The global UHNW population is bigger than ever, with 199,235 individuals holding a combined wealth of US$27.8 trillion, according to a report by UBS and Wealth X.

Annual house price growth should be limited to 5%, argues the RICS today.

Mayfair-based developer Angle Property has reported a brisk trade in its new scheme on Buckingham Street, Covent Garden, with all four of the Linley-designed one-bedroom units going for full asking price…