Location: United Kingdom
Strawberry Star announces top level hires as global expansion plans take shape
Giant real estate consultancy Strawberry Star Group has made a raft of new appointments, including a new CEO, as it drives some major global expansion plans forward.
Hamptons & Preston Bennett launch Land & New Homes Division
A year on from announcing their tie-up, Hamptons International and Preston Bennett are to launch a specialist Land and New Homes Division in Buckinghamshire.
Out of the Shadows: Reforming Rights of Light
The Law Commission describes a 'right of light' as an easement that gives a landowner the right to receive light through defined apertures in buildings on his or her land.
Lodha taps into Mayfair’s Indian millionaires to sell world’s tallest resi skyscraper
Indian mega-developer Lodha has tasked Mount Street-based agency Wetherell with launching its latest super-prime project, nearly 4,500 miles away in South Mumbai.
Asking prices jump as supply of quality stock dries up
Despite all the market talk of waiting-and-seeing, Rightmove reported its busiest ever month in January - 100 million site visits and around 100 enquiries to agents every minute - but stock levels are…
In Need of a Roost: Bats stall £250m Cornwall scheme
Roosting bats have threatened to halt the construction of a luxury development in Cornwall.
How Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham & Oxford left the rest of the market behind
Things are really cooking in the prime city markets outside of London right now.
How much does it cost to insure a prime property?
...an average of 2.2% more than last year, according to private client brokers Castleacre.
Garden square developments face ‘removal’ after High Court ruling
The High Court has handed down a decision that could have major implications for owners or developers of garden square properties.
K&C house price growth Vs selected other assets
Tricksy times ahead for the prime property market, notes Chestertons, but there's still life in the long-term fortunes...
Prime Property of the Week: Baroque Star
Villa la Voglina, Italy
£3.6m (approx)
How will eurozone quantitative easing affect the UK’s prime property market?
The European Central Bank's decision last month to make some more money could swing both ways for Britain's residential property market, says Chestertons' Nick Barnes.