Location: South East
Strutt & Parker acquires Surrey planning consultancy
Strutt & Parker has bought AKA Planning, an independent planning consultancy based in Leatherhead.
AKA's team of six planners will join Strutt & Parker’s existing development team in Guildford;
Sphere Estates to launch after Abercrombie & Kent management buyout
Luxury travel brand Abercrombie & Kent's property arm - Abercrombie & Kent International Estates - is morphing into a new operation - Sphere Estates - following a management buyout by the company's General…
Knightsbridge tipped as 2016’s ‘place to bag a bargain’
'Leading the way in terms of price drops compared with the other prime residential boroughs'
Family home prices are rising seven times faster than the national average
Price growth in family homes is more than seven times the national average in key regional centres, says Jackson-Stops & Staff, after looking at property prices in England’s traditional county towns.
Transatlantic value gap tempts wealthy London buyers over to New York
Pitting the UK capital's luxury property market against its closest competitor on the world stage has revealed some fascinating findings for Beauchamp Estates and its new US partner Leslie J Garfield,…
RIBA House of the Year 2015: Winner & full shortlist in pictures
Flint House on the Rothschild family's Waddesdon estate in Buckinghamshire has been named RIBA House of the Year 2015, picking up the Hiscox-sponsored accolade on a special edition of Channel 4's Grand…
Autumn Statement: New higher SDLT rate for buy-to-let and second homes
George Osborne's third pop at the country's finances this year saw housing - or the "crisis of home ownership" - near the top of the bill.
Former Penn School in Buckinghamshire goes up for £6m
A well-known former school site in the Chilterns is being offered up as a major development opportunity after closing its gates for the last time over the summer.
House of the Year #3: Third pair of properties added to architecture prize shortlist
Levring House by Jamie Fobert Architects, a "sophisticated contemporary house on a tight corner site in a central London mews", and Maghera by Mcgonigle McGrath, an "exemplary family house" in County…
Prime regional cities outperform as urban living trumps rural appeal
Prime country house prices increased by 2.7% in the year to September, says Knight Frank. That's quite the chunk down on last year's high point of +5.
House of the Year #2: Two more homes join the Manser shortlist
An experimental London house incorporating the walls of a 19th century stable into its split-wing design (Kew House) and Vaulted House, a sophisticated family house in Chiswick characterised by six skylight…
Housing supply jumps 25% as new-builds and conversions soar – HMRC
170,690 new homes were added to England's total housing supply in 2014-15, representing a massive 25% increase in net additional dwellings from 2013-14, according to the latest from HMRC.