Location: Midlands
Local Mansions? What price is a top 2.5% home around the country?
Lord Mandelson has come out swinging against Labour's proposed mansion tax on homes worth over £2m, arguing that it's "crude" and throwing his dark powers behind the idea of overhauling council tax as…
Former D&G boss to lead Lomond Capital’s charge south
Ivor Dickinson joins Northern property investment firm with Southern ambitions
Pricey Comparison: The world’s most unaffordable property markets
Hong Kong is the world's least affordable place to buy a home - with median house prices coming in at 17 times the median income - while the UK's overall multiple is a - relatively - benign 4.7.
Government announces ‘exceptional’ HS2 compensation package
After carrying out two major consultations, the government has laid out its package of measures for owner occupiers along the HS2 Phase One route between London and the West Midlands.
Pickles cracks down on unauthorised development
Council planning teams across the UK are being tooled up with a £1m war chest to stop unruly developers and homeowners in their tracks.
Pickles on the job
‘Red Baron’ swoops in to rescue Apethorpe Hall
A 48-bedroom Jacobean mansion, described by Simon Thurley as "by far the most important country house to have been threatened with major loss through decay since the 1950s", has been bought by a French…
Double digit growth for residential auction action
The number of residential lots offered and sold at auction didn't move by a huge amount last year, but the value raised by the gavel soared by over 14%.
The quantity of lots nudged up by 1.
The Return of the Gazunder: London’s new market paradigm
There's a "new paradigm" in the London market, notes Douglas & Gordon, after supply levels charged by 60% over the last year while demand slipped by 30%.
JLL boosts affordable housing division with new acquisition
Accountancy and advisory firm Mazars LLP has announced the sale of its property consultancy subsidiary to JLL.
Average house prices in Southwark have risen by over 27% in the past year
Annual house price growth dropped to 7.1% in November after a 0.1% drop in October, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
London's managed +17.
2014 in Review: Notable residential deals and instructions
From rumours to record-breakers, 2014 had it all. Here's our digest of the trophy homes, transactions, tip-offs and thumbs up that made the news this year.
2014 in Review: Prime resi’s biggest business & people moves of the year
A survey of 2014's key business moves, company acquisitions, launches, partnerships and appointments in the high-value homes industry.
Top Three Business Stories of the Year
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