Location: Midlands
Prices push up as £1m+ deals flow – Land Registry
A 2.5% monthly increase has taken the annual rate of house price growth to +7.1%, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
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Number of £1m+ homes ‘to more than triple’ by 2030
The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected "to more than triple between now and 2030", says Santander Mortgages, rising from under 500,000 today to over 1.6 million in 15 years' time.
UK stamp duty revenues suffer as Osborne throttles the golden goose
With the Institute for Fiscal Studies now warning that the Government will struggle to meet its target of balancing the books by 2019-20, Knight Frank has taken a proper look at how the new stamp duty re…
‘Serviced country house’ fund launches with historic acquisition
An innovative new venture specialising in the development and rental of English country houses has launched with an historic acquisition and major plans to build a portfolio of noteworthy properties in…
Knight Frank New Homes boosts London team
Knight Frank's burgeoning New Homes operation has added another name to the teamsheet in London, with the hire of former Chestertons and Currell man Christopher Jones.
The average London property price increased by 12.4% in 2015
Average property prices across England and Wales increased by 6.4% last year, after pushing up by 1.2% in December, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
Cambridge, London and Bristol outperform as investors drive house price growth
The rate of house price growth across 20 of the UK's top cities has pepped up t0 +11.4%, from +10.2% the previous month and +8.9% twelve months ago, as property investors make a serious impact on the market
Grade I Henry VIII mansion up for £12m
An important Grade I listed mansion has hit the market near St Albans.
London loses top ten European property investment ranking; now behind Istanbul & Budapest
London has tumbled out of the top ten European cities for real estate investment prospects, according to a new report from PwC and the Urban Land Institute.
Argent makes six new senior appointments
As Roger Madelin, Jim Prower and Tony Giddings move on, King's Cross developer Argent has made some changes to its senior management team.
Superhome Improvements: Ten additions that ‘make a property ultra-prime’
These, according to one firm, are the ten key features that take a property into the ultra-prime league (and help it sell "up to 30% faster").
Number of Londoners leaving the capital hits eight-year high
Londoners bought 63,000 homes outside the capital last year, a chunky increase on 2014's figure of 38,000.