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Letter from MIPIM #3: Another restaurant, another round of stories
Another round of restaurants and stories for Nicky Richmond in Cannes...
The woman on the next table, rather the worse for wear, started up a conversation in broken English with my dinner guests.
Keep the foreign money rolling in, but sell to Londoners first, urges BoJo in Cannes (video)
Mayor Johnson used his keynote speech at MIPIM to escalate his call for developers to join him in a concordat to market and sell London homes to Londoners first.
Chinese mega-developer finalises second major London acquisition
Two months after snapping up the £600m Ram Brewery in Wandsworth, the Chinese state-owned property developer Greenland Group has finally shaken hands on its second landmark resi site, on the other side…
CBRE and Strutt & Parker bag Dalian Wanda’s One Nine Elms gig
An announcement made at MIPIM confirms that One Nine Elms, The Dalian Wanda Group's 1.
Letter from MIPIM #2: Doing it all wrong
Nicky Richmond soldiers on in Cannes...
Sitting here at 1.20am writing this whilst listening to Radio 4 on my TuneIn app, I realise that I am doing MIPIM all wrong.
Just 6% of landlords own more than one rental property – Countrywide
Just 6% of landlords own more than one rental property, and over half live withing 10 miles of their tenants, according to Countrywide Residential Lettings.
Property price discounts hit four-year low
Just 27% of properties - and 15% in London - listed on Zoopla have had their asking price reduced, which the portal says is the lowest level of price cuts in four years.
True Colours: The story behind Cluttons’ rebrand
Over 20 years after the company's last overhaul, Cluttons completely changed its colours last month in what it hopes will be an award-winning rebrand.
How much does it cost to run a large country house for a year?
Bible of rural existence Country Life has been totting up all the pesky bills that go along with owning a pastoral idyll. It's pretty scary.
Offers double up but prime London cooling for the Budget countdown
The number of offers received last month was nearly twice as high as in February last year, according to the latest from Douglas & Gordon, but that's "almost certainly a product of multiple bidding" in…
“Strong start to Foxtons’ life as a public company” as profits soar by 57%
Foxtons has done rather well since floating in September last year; the firm's Full Year results for 2013, released today, show sales volumes climbing by 22.5% and lettings volumes by 6.
Slaughter and May partner joins Candy & Candy
Candy & Candy has recruited former Slaughter and May partner, Dermot Rice, as a Director.