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Prime Property of the Week: King George III’s Banquet Hall
King George III Suite, Albury Park, Surrey
£6m
As far as reception rooms go, this 42-foot marvel, the actual venue for King George III's Coronation Banquet in 1761, is hard to beat.
Murray Birrell recruits building conservation specialist
London-based Chartered Surveyors Murray Birrell has appointed an historic buildings guru as Associate Director to bump the firm's listed building expertise.
Hatton Real Estate expands resi team
City-based agency Hatton Real Estate has strengthened its resi offering with the appointment of Bradley Sharp from Greene & Co.
More growth for prime country house prices, but the pace is easing
Prime country house prices nudged up again - for the eighth quarter in a row - in 2014's Q4 to deliver the strongest run of price inflation since 2007, with 2014 delivering a +3.4% increase for the year
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.
Savills partners up in Paris
Savills has announced a tie-up with top-end Parisian firm Agence Varenne.
Going for Green & Gold: Manhattan Loft Gardens to launch IN Harrods
Harrods Estates and Manhattan Loft Corporation have come up with a winning marketing ploy to launch a much-anticipated scheme on the site of the 2012 Olympics.
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Think tank calls for the abolition of the Green Belt
Right-leaning think tank the Adam Smith Institute thinks that ditching Green Belt protection for land with half-a-mile of train stations could deliver enough new homes for the next decade, and that "complete…
Luxury projects put London at the top of the global construction cost league
A preponderance of luxury resi developments has made central London the most expensive place to build in the world, according to a new report, as the capital's high-end homes market is "reaching a capacity…
80% of units in four new developments ‘sold to foreign buyers’
In the latest twist in the whole "squeezed out" debate, reports have claimed that 80% of the units in a series of new Thameside developments have been bought up by foreign purchasers.
‘Non-doms’ blamed for closure of Knightsbridge institution
Adding more fuel to the "lights-out London" debate, the owner of Knightsbridge restaurant Racine, which closed down last week, has laid the blame squarely on "non-doms" after reporting an exodus of lo…
Instinctif buys up London property PR firm
Wriglesworth, one of the capital's top property PR agencies, has been snapped up by global consultancy Instinctif Partners to create a 90-strong UK team.