Location: United Kingdom
Change in government is biggest worry for UK’s wealthy
            A new PM, tax changes and failing health are the top three concerns facing HNW residents right now, according to a new survey         
    Long-Term Prospectors: Hannah Aykroyd on PCL’s new breed of buy-to-let investor
            Clients are increasingly coming to buy-to-let with a long hold in mind, intent on capitalising on lower prices and a weaker Sterling, while showing less interest in yield, reports top buying agent Hannah…        
    £1m+ deals have soared 12-fold in 20 years, as the average house price has almost tripled
            Today's prime property market is "much bigger and more complex" than in 1999, says mortgage firm Private Finance as it charts the rise of seven-figure transactions over the past two decades         
    New lettings manager for PCL agency Nicolas Van Patrick
            Boutique Knightsbridge-based firm recruits Strutt & Parker's Alice Umfreville to help grow the rental side of the business         
    Buyer in £35k SDLT fail over ‘grounds’ definition
            Couple claimed their £1.5m Hertfordshire property should be classified as mixed-use, and therefore taxed at the lower rate
          
    Digital auction platform goes upmarket with luxury listings
            BidX1 announces its first 'bespoke' sale, featuring a £2m penthouse apartment at a Mount Anvil scheme in south London...         
    South coast estate agency expands with a £1m acquisition
            Belvoir's Brighton & Hove franchisees have snapped up 25-year-old lettings agency Homelets Brighton         
    TBS recruits JLL man to its London buying team
            Knight Frank's property finding arm The Buying Solution has hired James Burridge from JLL's Knightsbridge team         
    RICS launches Social Impact Awards for property projects that deliver ‘a lasting positive impact on society’
            RICS’ new Social Impact Awards programme will search for the UK’s best built projects transforming lives & communities         
    Buyers snap up £15m of apartments at Belsize Park airspace scheme
            Specialist developer Pirton creates - and sells - four new apartments above a 1960s block overlooking Primrose Hill         
    Kalmars takes on a new office on Old Kent Road; plots five branch expansion
            Family-run south London estate agency is opening its second branch in Southwark, and is already looking at three further locations         
    ‘Super summer’ for luxury housebuilder Octagon
            Firm trumpets an 'exceptional series of sales' across London & Surrey, and growth for its design and build arm