Location: United Kingdom
Selling Up: Number of properties for sale reaches highest level since 2010
The number of properties hitting the open market in the UK has risen by 5% year-on-year, with higher-value homes seeing the most significant increases;
Exchanges down and fall-throughs up but plenty of new applicants and stock for Chestertons
Chestertons has reported a 20% drop in the number of exchanges it put through in Q1, along with an 11% rise in the number of fall-throughs, compared with Q4 2014.
Deverell Smith poaches CBRE resi chief
Property recruitment firm Deverell Smith has pulled of a major coup, hiring CBRE's former Residential COO as its new Head of Estate Agency.
33 Portland Place sold for £27m with plans to create one grand residence
Knight Frank has sold 33 Portland Place - used as a key location in The King's Speech, Amy Winehouse's Rehab video, and many high society sex parties - for £27m.
Salcombe Sails Ahead: UK’s most expensive seaside town posts 69% growth over ten years
Salcombe has topped a rundown of the UK's dearest seaside towns for the second year on the bounce.
Hi-Spec Rise: London’s ‘bling-ed up’ ex-council flats
On the back of that two bed on Fulham Road coming on for £1.
Battersea gasworks scheme delivers first planning success for Berkeley & National Grid JV
The new joint venture between National Grid and The Berkeley Group has bagged its first major planning success, paving the way for the redevelopment of the unloved former gasworks on Prince of Wales…
Required Reading: What happens when an overseas property investment goes wrong?
Before even thinking about the right type of property, overseas investors should spend time finding the right advisors, says professional negligence specialist Elaine Bathers...
Transforming Ordinary Into Extraordinary: Space planning for super prime
Space planning is an integral part of interior architecture, but there is no straightforward formula in the super-prime sector;
Prime Property of the Week: Industrial Revelation
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Planners green light massive St James scheme in West London
Plans for a new 1,465-unit scheme in West London have just bagged the seal of approval from Hammersmith & Fulham.
Mayor publishes social planning guidance for London developers
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has issued planning guidance for developers "to ensure the capital has the schools, hospitals, open spaces and places of worship it needs to flourish."