Scottish estate market cools, but prices remain high
Gross investment in Scottish estates dipped in 2022 as £1mn+ activity refocused to urban centres - but country estate prices remain at historically high levels.
Country house market activity blossoms, but prices are unlikely to rise
Knight Frank's country house team has reported its busiest opening to a year for two decades, but the firm cautions that "rising activity levels are unlikely to translate into house price inflation in…
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Estate agents report ‘robust’ sales market despite ‘doomy whispers’
Buyer demand is rising and stock levels are improving and transactions numbers are 'steady', according to the latest property market sit-rep from Propertymark.
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‘Green shoots of recovery’ emerging for the property market, as buyers pay closer to asking prices
Hamptons highlights a series of property market metrics that show a recovery from the post-mini-Budget slump.
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Rising star joins super-prime brokerage as its youngest PCL director
Chelsea specialist Jessica Moreton has made the move to UK Sotheby’s International Realty from Douglas & Gordon.
Homes of the Rich & Famous: Celebrity-owned properties sell twice as fast as ‘normal’ listings
An A-list occupant can generate a huge buzz for a new instruction, reports Beauchamp Estates, but the effect on the property's value is less obvious.
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Chestertons bolsters London super-prime lettings team
Big-brand estate agency eyes 'strategic growth' in top-end rental sector with new Head of Super Prime Lettings.
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Stamp Duty ‘should be abolished as part of a wholesale reform of property taxation’
'SDLT certainly should not be increased,' declares an in-depth new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and 'a well-designed tax system would have no place for SDLT at all.'
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Super-prime North London mansion frozen in international fraud probe
Luxury Avenue Road residence, City office block and West End flats among £130mn of London property identified in crackdown on alleged global fraud operation.
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Luxury agency sells brace of storied PCL penthouses
Beauchamp Estates confirms sales of Belgravia and Marylebone apartments once home to Christine McVie and Mick Jagger, as part of a £100mn run of deals.
Innovo lines up debut London resi play opposite Lord’s
First outing for UK arm of Middle Eastern luxury property giant to deliver 89 new homes in collaboration with a 'best-in-class' design team.
Former Property Vision advisor launches Home Counties buying agency
Eddie Ruggles-Brise has set up an indie agency.
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Wilfords brings in new Kensington & Chelsea sales boss
Independent agency boosts team and gears up for another office launch later this year.
Exploring the £4bn makeover that’s pushed Mayfair ‘back up to the top of the Monopoly board’
Luxury property developers & great estates are pouring millions into public realm improvements in Mayfair - making the historic area 'central London's third-biggest regeneration zone.'
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Savills installs new Wimbledon chief
Stewart Harrison was previously Head of Sales for John D Wood in Wandsworth.
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Mayor Sadiq Khan & Housing Minister Steve Reed are said to be discussing a temporary relaxation of regulations in the capital.
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