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Boodle Hatfield bolsters property team
It's been a busy couple of weeks for top law firm Boodle Hatfield, what with bolstering its Private Client and Property teams and announcing a new base on swanky Grosvenor Street in Mayfair.
Estate agency launches property finding service as a marketing tool
Surrey Estate Agency Waterfords has launched a new market-wide property search service which it plans to use as a new business tool rather than revenue generator.
Boles swipes at office-to-resi naysayers
Planning Minister Nick Boles has comes out swinging against local authorities that have "an irrational objection" to office-to-resi permitted development rights.
Earls Court on the move as Capco and TfL form JV
Transport for London and developer Capco are all set to agree terms to form a joint venture to bring forward the first phases of Sir Terry Farrell's (award-winning) Earls Court Masterplan.
London’s new home registrations climb 60% to highest ever level
The number of new homes being registered in the capital has hit its highest level since records began over 26 years ago, according to the National House Building Council's latest figures.
UK housing stock now worth £5.2 trillion as North-South tilt steepens
The total value of the UK's housing stock rose by £186bn in 2013 to hit £5.2tr, according to some (big) number crunching by Savills, and by £1.6tr over the last decade from £3.6tr in 2003.
Call To Farms: Buying and developing agricultural land for residential use
We all know it's been a shrewd investment in recent years, but just how easy - or sensible - is it to buy up and develop farmland?
Hamptons acquires North London agency Preston Bennett
Hamptons International's expansion plans have taken another step forward today, with the acquisition of a top North London estate agency.
Price rises spread beyond the commuter zone
The much-touted "ripple effect" looks to be well and truly underway in the south of England, with Savills recording a 1.5% uplift in average prime regional values in the three months to December.
Global strife drives the London property market
If a junta flaps its warheads in China... What happens to London's house prices?
Savills launches interactive prime property price map
Savills has launched a new interactive property price map of the UK by pointing out that house prices rose, on average, by 7% in 2013.
The Pool on the Hill: John Lennon’s Surrey mansion up for £14m
John Lennon's old digs on the St George's Hill Estate in Weybridge, where he wrote much of the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, are up for sale for £13.75m with Knight Frank.