Location: United Kingdom
High-end sales surge boosts stamp duty receipts
Latest quarterly stats from HMRC signal 'significant' activity at the top-end - and reveal the impact of the recently-introduced overseas buyer surcharge...
Prime London rents rise at fastest rate since 2011
“It’s been an extraordinary period for the whole market in PCL,” says David Mumby, head of Prime Central London lettings at Knight Frank.
Brokers flock to agency’s £300k country house commission offer
Fine & Country is touting a £300k finders fee for introductions to a buyer for a sticky £30m mansion in Berkshire.
Ranked: Which areas have seen the biggest rise in the total value of housing stock over the course of the pandemic?
Only three local authority areas in England and Wales saw the total value of their housing stock fall during the pandemic period, and they're all in the capital: Westminster (-10.1%), Lambeth (-2.
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Price rises are an ‘unmistakable sign of recovery’ for prime London’s property market
“We are not on the verge of the sort of dramatic double-digit bounce-back in prices,” says Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank.
Para 80 project approved on the edge of Sussex’s Ashdown Forest
A new contemporary home set within a Humphrey Repton-designed park has been given the green light by Wealden District Council.
Fine & Country expands in Yorkshire
Two James Winn branches in North Yorkshire were acquired by Castledene Group last year, and are now operating as Fine & Country.
A seller’s market snapshot: fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Lawyer Annabel Dean shares some practical tips for those looking to compete in this most challenging of markets…
Battersea Power Station finally comes off heritage at risk register
Three decades after first being added to Historic England’s watchlist, the Grade II* ‘icon’ is officially no longer deemed to be endangered.
Joseph Homes signs up ex-Savills star Grace
Dominic Grace has joined the strategic board of the B Corp developer, having recently left Savills after 37 years.
Talking Heads: Chinese buyers have turned to the Home Counties
Before the pandemic, only around one in 20 Chinese and Hong Kong home-buyers used to look for a home in England's Home Counties; now it's nearer one in five, according to a new study.