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“Strong but not spectacular” 2014 on the cards for prime London – Marsh & Parsons
Marsh & Parsons is expecting London prices to "stabilise" next year, with annual growth of between 5-7%.
After recording a chunky 10.
Nod for £50m prime Edinburgh resi scheme
Edinburgh-specialist developer Queensberry and Telereal Trillium have won detailed planning permission for 81 high-end homes in one of the city's most high-falutin suburbs.
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Decision-Faking: Make me an offer (but only if you mean it)
Under Offer shouldn't mean Under Consideration, says our (livid) resident doer-upper Alan Page.
So far one of our properties has gone "under offer" three times and still there's no sale.
Too Good To Be True? The real story behind the £250k mansion
Marketed with an "absurdly" low guide price of £250k, it's been billed as "the bargain basement mansion", but whoever buys the Grade I-listed Halswell House in Somerset at auction next week will need…
Game of Homes: Overcoming high pressure tactics
As the London property market continues to surge, some of the high pressure tactics deployed in the previous boom are back with a vengeance.
Top 10 crimes against period homes – RICS
The Daily Mail's been reporting about The Duchess (Middleton) causing strife in the village by replacing traditional Georgian roof tiles with "Barratt Homes" red ones. The horror.
Grosvenor raises £210m of debt for Belgravia spending
Sounds like there's a prime spending spree in the offing; Grosvenor has raised £210m of unsecured long term debt to "help finance forthcoming investment in Belgravia."
California Scheming: Cantilevered Surrey villa scoops another gong
An extraordinary modernist villa in Surrey has been crowned "Best Family Home" at the Sunday Times British Home Awards, adding to its impressive haul of accolades for the year.
Northacre to raise £12.5m through open share offer and Cash Box acquisition
Prime developer Northacre is planning to raise around £12.5m through a £4.
Aston Mead buys Claud Waterer in Chertsey
Surrey & Berkshire estate agent Aston Mead has acquired its seventh office in the region, buying-up Claud Waterer in Chertsey.
Autumn Statement: The property industry reacts
It hasn't taken long for the prime property industry to wade in with opinions on the Autumn Statement. Here be some lively thoughts on capital gains tax and more...
Capital Gains Tax: Beware the “top down” recession, George
In case you were at lunch or something, the much-predicted imposition of Capital Gains Tax on foreign individuals buying in the UK has just been announced by the Chancellor in his latest Autumn Statement.