Location: United Kingdom
Prime regional prices to rise by 19.8% over the next five years – Savills
The 'burbs are back to pre-crunch peak prices, according to the latest from Savills, as house prices show signs of a fully-fledged recovery across the UK's regions.
Vive Londres! French buyers head East
Did you know the French population in London has increased by 75% over the last ten years?
By A Country Mile: Savills team completes mammoth charity expedition
An intrepid team from Savills has raised over £30k by completing a hardcore 1221 mile odyssey from Land's End to John O'Groats.
Fulham prices up 13% this year already (but where have all the developers gone?)
We've been hearing lots about fair Fulham recently, with apocryphal tales of wild-eyed buyers scrapping it out in the streets over a modest two bed.
Olympic architect designs first project in New York
The much-lauded firm of architects behind the London Aquatics Centre has just bagged a prominent resi commission in New York City.
Land Registry & ONS plan definitive UK House Price Index
It's taken a while, but it seems we may finally be on the verge of a single UK house price index, incorporating the ONS and Land Registry data.
House Tales: Pope’s Villa, Twickenham
The National Archives’ Nicholas Kingsley expertly guides us around another of the country's great forgotten houses…
Buyers return to Scottish prime property market
Things are looking up for Scotland's prime property market, according to Knight Frank, as buyers finally start to emerge from the woodwork.
HMRC scuppers £135m SDLT avoidance scheme
A tax tribunal has ruled against a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance scheme reportedly used in the purchase of Chelsea Barracks.
Greece and Desist: The Doer Upper’s postcard from Corfu
Minor oligarchs are flocking to some of the nicer bits of Corfu in search of a cut-price Riviera; good luck to 'em, says Alan Page.
Scotland’s stamp duty revolution could catch on…
It's possible - likely, even - that the whole UK stamp duty system will be overhauled in the wake of Scottish changes to the system, claims The Telegraph.
Big first half of the year for house prices; Rightmove doubles annual forecasts to +4%
Average asking prices are 4.8% up on the same time last year, according to the latest from Rightmove, with prices rising for the seventh month in a row and posting the second successive national record.