Location: London
Paris Match: Chestertons teams up with French agency
Prime London estate agency Chestertons has announced a new link-up with a Paris property consultant that will "forge closer links between Europe’s two strongest residential markets."
Savills expands Italian presence to ten offices with high-end resi deal
Savills has formed a new association with Italian outfit Santandrea Luxury Houses, the high end residential property arm of Gabetti Property Solutions.
#Budget2015: Permanent Non Dom status abolished; IHT threshold raised; BtL relief restricted
"We have to move Britain from a low-wage, high-tax, high-welfare society to a higher-wage, lower-tax, lower-welfare economy," said Chancellor George (four times) as he delivered a very Conservative Budget;
#Budget2015: Prime property industry reactions to BtL, Non Dom and IHT changes
The three big policy announcements for the high-value property industry in today's Emergency Budget were a mixed bag.
MHA spends £20m on trio of Bayswater townhouses
Investment and development outfit MHA Associates has bagged a trio of stucco-fronted townhouses on Inverness Terrace.
Barratt London launches ‘most luxurious homes to date’
The high-end arm of housebuilder Barratt has lifted the lid on a clutch of penthouses in Westminster, billed as "the most luxurious homes it has delivered to date".
Top end London property agents targeted in undercover Channel 4 sting
Directed and produced by Dan Reed, whose previous work includes hard-hitting documentaries like The Paedophile Hunter and Terror In The Mall
Top end buyers remain cautious in ‘fully taxed’ prime central London
Prime properties in London saw their values tick upwards by an average of 1.6% over the last three months, but they're still 0.7% below where they were at this point in 2014.
Pollen Estate appoints Crown’s Regent Street head
The Pollen Estate, which owns quite the chunk of prime retail Mayfair including Savile Row and Bond Street, has named David Shaw - head of The Crown Estate’s Regent Street portfolio - as its new Chairman.
Government pledges £100m investment fund to support small builders
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has promised to hand out £100m to small builders (who deliver 10-100 units a year) to "recognise and support their important role in keeping the country building."
Election Slipstream: Why the colour of government doesn’t matter that much
There are different forces at work in town and country markets, notes Property Vision's Charlie Ellingworth, but - while politics has certainly shaped the market this year - the post-Election effect…
Required Reading: Lease extensions and collective enfranchisement
There are plenty of pitfalls in the lease extension process, says Robert Marchbank; if you miss deadlines, it can have a serious financial impact...
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