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What Jitters? £24m mansion sells in Notting Hill just before the Election
Turns out there were some serious buyers around last month after all. One of the biggest deals to ever go down in W11 completed just a few weeks before the General Election, PrimeResi has learned.
Esher named most expensive place to rent outside London
New research has named Esher in Surrey as the most expensive place to rent a two-bed property outside of the capital.
Audit reveals London’s planning permission ‘postcode lottery’
Some councils in London are turning down nearly two thirds of the planning applications they receive, according to a review of all the proposals submitted over the last 12 months.
Pre-election nerves were ‘more dire than the Credit Crunch’ for prime central London property
Average prices in prime central London have dropped by 8% since Q4 2014, while transaction levels collapsed by 22.
Speed Dealing: How to transact in the tightest of time frames
With the pre-election stand-off morphing into a post-election face-off, those buyers who are able to move quickly will typically be the ones snaffling up all the best instructions.
Mansion Mayhem: Six of the best post-election instructions
It could have been a very different story, but Friday's unexpected result already appears to have triggered a flurry of trophy-level instructions across the country.
Heronslea hires Sales Director from CALA
Hertfordshire-based developer Heronslea Group has hired a new Sales and Marketing Director from CALA to drive some "significant" expansion plans.
Holland Park house ‘earns £130 an hour’ since 2007
If this stonker in Holland Park goes for anything near its £13m asking price, someone's worked out it will have "earned" its owner around £130 an hour since it last sold back in 2007.
Flight Moves: A buyer’s natural progression from London to the country
Sam McArdle & Claire Owen of The Buying Solution narrate a well-worn path followed by generations of Londoners; from a Royal Borough party pad to a Home Counties idyll...
Not a new housing minister: Brandon Lewis keeps housing role
UPDATE: It turns out that Mark Francois' appointment to Housing Mininster was all just a bit of mix-up. Francois' name was mistakenly put up on the DCLG website...
Sole Agent: Flat above a fish and chip shop asks £5m
What could have been one of the punchiest asking prices of recent times has actually turned out to be a pretty good deal, considering the restaurant in question is actually Scott's of Mayfair...
Downton’s Dower House hits the market for £3.95m
Lady Violet's Downton Abbey digs have come up for sale for £3.95m with Savills.