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New-build Boltons mansion goes for over £50m
A monster deal from last year has just come to light, topping the scales at £51.7m.
No More Rainy Days: Will the pension revolution boost ‘alternative’ property ownership?
As the UK's retirees begin the process of drawing down an estimated £5 billion from pension funds in the wake of the Government's landmark reforms, the next challenge is of course working out…
Telereal Trillium scores planning consent in West London
Planners have given property management and investment firm Telereal Trillium the green light for a chunky new scheme in chichi Chiswick.
Wills & Estimates: Passing prime property onto the next generation
In the wake of a high-profile legal battle over an £800k flat in Battersea, Clare Mackay talks us through the issues surrounding the passing of prime property onto the next generation...
Partner promotion for Knight Frank Resi Development man
Knight Frank has promoted Robert Adams to Salary Partner within the Prime New Homes team.
Capco & TfL complete JV
The transformation of Earls Court took another step forward yesterday with news of the completion of the Earls Court Partnership Limited, the investment vehicle set up by Capco and TfL.
Another new hire for ‘buoyant’ LCP
Investment firm London Central Portfolio seems to be going big this year, hiring a third new recruit in just a few weeks and promoting another.
There are 83 estate agents in the average London borough; 179 in Westminster
There are at least 179 estate agency branches in the City of Westminster alone, with 2,600 vying for business across the capital.
Labour pledges to scrap non-dom tax status; could ‘disable the luxury housing market’
Labour has pledged to abolish non-domicile tax status if it wins the general election next month.
Top Candy man leaves to set up own £150m development business
Candy & Candy director Simon Stone has left the hyper-prime firm to set up his own development and asset management business, Stone Real Estate.
Sugar Quay, one of Stone's projects
Final approval for Mount Pleasant scheme
One of the most controversial projects in the capital - the proposed transformation of a massive Royal Mail site in Clerkenwell - has bagged final approval.
Cut & run or wait & hope? The doer upper’s pre-election dilemma
Success is all about luck and timing, says our resident doer upper Alan Page, as he rues the wheels of fortune that often deliver neither...