Location: United Kingdom
Another major signing for Agents’ Mutual
The big sign-ups to new-property-portal-in-town Agents' Mutual keep on coming: the Thamesview Group - which operates the likes of Chard, Friend & Falcke, Dexters, Square Mile and Waterview estate agents…
Rickman Properties bolsters sales team
Kensington-based agency Rickman Properties has hired Simon Powley as Assistant Residential Sales Manager.
Powley joins the firm after an impressive 18-year stint at mews specialists Lurot Brand.
Sea Sure: How to buy coastal property (without getting swept away)
We all know waterfront positions can command serious premiums, but they can also land unwary buyers and developers in some pretty deep water
Chesterton Humberts opens up in Notting Hill
Chesterton Humberts has set up shop in chichi W11, the firm's sixth offering in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
New Marylebone office for Savills
News of another important branch opening now, with Savills confirming a permanent foray into well-heeled Marylebone
Jakarta & Dubai lead the way as global luxury property prices heat up
Casting a beady eye over prime property prices across the world's 28 key cities, Knight Frank's Prime Global House Price Index is a feat in itself; mainly, how on earth do they get it onto just two pages?
Delek wins Palace St planning permission in Westminster
A scheme to turn the former DFID offices at 1 Palace Street SW1 into 78 luxury flats has been approved by Westminster council
Land Sec gets Oxford St resi approval
Land Securities has had its 89-unit office-to-resi scheme at 70-88 Oxford Street W1 approved by planners
Lobby Talk: Why a stubborn Government breeds corruption
Amoral lobbying is just a symptom of a broken consultation system, says London Central Portfolio's Naomi Heaton after an eye-opening experience on the Ensuring the Fair Taxation of Residential Property Tr…
Fair Trade: Behind the scenes at Masterpiece London 2013
It's hard to believe that Masterpiece London is only four years old, such is the fair's presence in the social calendar
Who’s the most productive estate agent in London?
When Accounts & Legal started a survey on which estate agencies made the most cash per agent, the assumption was that Foxtons' "army of negotiators" would trump the "more gentlemanly strategy" of other…
Westminster mulls office-to-resi conversion tax
There's talk of a tax on office-to-resi conversions in Westminster, as the Council tries to maintain its 10-year principle of a "fine grain" level of mixed use buildings