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New acquisitions boss at The Collection LLP
Mayfair-based consultancy The Collection LLP has promoted Matt Smith to Partner, overseeing all property acquisitions.
Berkeley completes on West End Green site
Berkeley Group has bought a 2.59 acre prime residential development site fronting the Edgware Road close to Paddington Station for £150m on an unconditional basis.
Golden Ticket: Prize Soho block goes for £43m
A key building on Soho's Golden Square has been snapped up by a resi developer for a cool £43.02m.
Accommodating Buyers: What are homebuyers most willing to compromise on?
Location, parking and outside space are the most likely areas of compromise for homebuyers, while bedroom numbers, school zones and the local crime scene are more likely to be red lines...
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Prime Recce: A field guide to the nine neighbourhoods of Mayfair
Think you know Mayfair? Could you find the Artisan District? Ever viewed anything in Mayfair Town?
£2m+ buyers ‘are expecting a discount on last year’s prices’ – Savills
"The prime London market now looks fully taxed and buyers are slower to commit," says Savills' Lucian Cook, as the firm's quarterly review indicates a small drop in prime central London prices over the…
Thackeray Estate bags two planning nods and £40m worth of deals in heady summer
The Thackeray Estate had a pretty industrious summer by all accounts, bagging planning to transform two prominent sites in Chelsea and Southwark into top-end resi schemes, selling a boutique development…
Derwent completes luxury Fitzrovia scheme
Giant developer Derwent London has been putting the finishing touches to its new 15,500 square foot resi-led scheme in arty Fitzrovia.
London’s stamp duty burden breaches £3bn, but prime borough portions slip
London accounted for around 40% of the UK's total residential stamp duty receipts in 2014-15 - just over £3bn out of £7.
The Flying Solution: When buying agents take to the skies
How do you show an important client around all the properties on their shortlist, whilst battling with 50,000 festival revellers? Sometimes the only way is up, finds top buying agent Bobby Hall...
Newcourt pays £13m for Wadhurst College site
Newcourt Residential has just snapped up the historic Wadhurst College in East Sussex for £13m, the developer's biggest acquisition to date.
First new Billionaires’ Row mansion in over a hundred years starts on site
Work has finally begun on the Colwyn Foulkes & Partners-designed residence at 3 Palace Green, the first new mansion to be built at Kensington Palace Gardens for over a century.