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Kiss & Sell: Why super-prime estate agents make ideal bits on the side
"There has been a sharp rise in estate agents bringing their mistresses to show houses, both for fantasy house shopping and bedroom rendezvous," reports a naughty website, flagging up one Bishops Avenue…
All Change In Nappy Valley: Where is the next Northcote Road?
The prime south west London market couldn't look more different than it did a year ago, says buying agent Sara Ransom...
Prime country house price growth overtakes central London, but £5m+ values tumble
Prime country house prices increased by 0.9% between January and March, says Knight Frank, taking the rate of annual price growth down from December's +3.4% to a more modest +2.
Crib Sheet: Scotland’s new Land and Buildings Transactions Tax
On the 21st of January 2015 the Deputy First Minister confirmed to the Scottish Parliament that the tax rates on residential property had been reviewed and revised.
Veyo to Go: New conveyancing portal races out of the traps
It sounds like pretty much half the conveyancing firms in the country are already sold on the Law Society’s new portal, Veyo.
Middleton grows country team
Buying agency Middleton Advisors has recruited a new member to its core Hampshire market.
Aston Chase strengthens lettings team
Regent's Park-based independent Aston Chase has boosted its lettings offering by hiring Marie Beirne from TK International.
Prime global rental growth hits five-year low
There's been "a notable slowdown" in top-end rents around the world over the last quarter, says Knight Frank, as the agency's Prime Global Rental Index records its weakest annual growth rate since 2009.
Senior reshuffle for Knight Frank’s regional Residential Development department
Knight Frank has rejigged its Residential Development department, making a bunch of senior new hires and moving some people around internally as part of a recruitment drive "which will see the department…
Marylebone property firms muck in to restore community garden
Some of Marylebone's top property firms joined forces last week to help restore a rundown community facility on Lisson Grove.
RBKC names new planning chief
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has appointed a new Executive Director for Planning and Borough Development to replace the outgoing Jonathan Bore.
Flurry of sales for political pied-a-terres
Three separate pied-a-terres in one of Westminster’s most popular residential blocks for MPs have gone under offer within two weeks of each other, as the countdown to the General Election begins.