Location: London
Big sales boost for Foxtons but Q2 looks ‘challenging’
Foxtons has reported a chunky rise in sales commissions in Q1 as buyers rushed to complete before the April stamp duty deadline.
Total group revenue worked out at £38.
A-list Caribbean holiday home asks $60m
Chestertons has been instructed to sell a famous celebrity haunt on the west coast of Barbados.
In Pictures: Inside the incredible Woolmers Park Estate
With 232 acres of completely private land, a Grade II* listed Georgian country house, a famous polo club and some serious provenance, Woolmers Park Estate in Hertfordshire is what you'd call "the whole…
City of London elects new planning chief
Christopher Hayward has been named as the City of London Corporation’s new Planning and Transportation Committee Chairman.
Record price achieved on Hyde Park Gardens Mews
Lurot Brand has tucked away a house on Hyde Park Gardens Mews at a punchy £2,326 per square foot, thereby earning the street the title of "W2's most expensive mews".
The buyer paid £3.
Buyer saves £750k by beating stamp duty deadline
It's come to light that a buyer in north London saved himself a handy £744,000 by pushing his £25m purchase through a few hours before the 3% stamp duty surcharge came into effect.
Green light for ‘industrial style’ resi development of the Royal Academy of Dance
Wandsworth's planners have given the go-ahead to a £55m, 39-unit residential development of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) site near Battersea Square.
Camden to follow RBKC in publishing planners’ advice
Camden Council has decided to publish its confidential pre-application planning advice after Kensington & Chelsea pioneered the idea earlier this year.
Rubies & Rusticarians: The five tribes revolutionising English village life
"The 21st-century village is not the quaint place of yesterday" says Strutt & Parker, as it analyses the evolution of the English idyll from twee Cranford to a dynamic mini-hub populated by Rusticarians,…
Chelsea Barracks apartments ‘already selling at £4,500 psf’
It's been claimed that Qatari Diar has already sold off a batch of super-prime units at Chelsea Barracks, ahead of the official launch later this year.
Lodha hires Savills man to drive London sales push
Lodha Group has poached a key member of Savills' international sales team to head up the marketing of its burgeoning central London pipeline.
Showtime for Stanhope as buyers descend on BBC Television Centre
BBC Television Centre developer Stanhope has reported being "overwhelmed" by the response from punters at Saturday's official sales launch, as some brave souls stuck out a cold, damp April night for…