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UK’s top 25 housebuilders employ ‘just 46 architects’
Britain's top 25 housing construction firms directly employ a grand total of 46 architects between them, according to new findings released this week, with just three firms accounting for half that…
The £300m Mansion: JFK’s childhood home tipped to become London’s most expensive
'Totally unique offering' on Princes Gate has planning for a return to single resi use
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.
Fashion tycoon’s new mansion ruffles feathers in Wiltshire
The construction of a new nine bedroom mansion has caused a right old fuss in sleepy Ramsbury, with two tycoons seemingly at war over scuppered pheasant shoots and plots to pop off some "monotonous" poplars.
John D Wood expands in Cornwall with agency tie-up
John D Wood & Co has teamed up with Truro-based 17-branch estate agency Country & Waterside to expand its reach in the South West.
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.
Rising seas to wipe out 7000 UK properties by 2115
Rising seas could obliterate 7,000 properties around Britain over the next hundred years, according to some sobering new research by the Environment Agency.
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.
Earl of Cardigan’s 100-room mansion ‘sold for £12m’
One of Wiltshire's finest stately homes, the sprawling Tottenham House near Marlborough, has reportedly been sold for nearly £12m.
A third of properties on the market are now reduced – Zoopla
One in three properties currently listed on Zoopla have been reduced to some degree, says the portal, with discounts adding up to a grand total of £3.
Hamptons boosts Land & New Homes team
Hamptons International has ramped up its Country Residential Development & Investment, Land & New Homes offering, with the appointment of James Turpin as Senior Land Negotiator.
Georgian Group Awards 2014: The Winners
Joint Winner - Restoration of a Georgian Country House: St Giles, Dorset
Two historic estates have shared the big prize at the twelfth Georgian Group Architectural Awards.