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Power Lines: London’s new Zone 1 neighbourhood ‘will come of age’ in 2021
Around 5,000 new homes have been built in VNEB (Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea) over the last five years, and another 7,000 are due to be delivered in the next five...
Five auction picks from the first big sales of 2020
Savills & Allsop raised a collective £85m at their first big resi auctions of the year last week, with buyers picking up lots including a development opp in Wimbledon, a penthouse in Knightsbridge, and…
Mayfair deal numbers could jump by 50% this year, predicts Wetherell
Mayfair's "polarised" property market is due to bounce back after three years in the doldrums, says Peter Wetherell.
Mansion tax plans ‘shelved’ after backlash
Plans to unveil a new tax on high-end properties in next month's Budget have reportedly been shelved, just a week after rumours first surfaced.
Nearly a quarter of house-hunters don’t use property portals, says Zoopla
In the third tranche of its State of the Property Nation survey, Zoopla reveals some unexpected truths about property portal usage...
Rightmove predicts ‘a series of new price records’ this Spring
Supply is finally starting to rise, says Rightmove, but not as fast as demand...
Landlord numbers fall to a seven-year low
The average private rental portfolio size has risen as the number of landlords has dropped, reports Hamptons International. The national average rent increased by 3.6% in the last year.
Friday Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
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In Pictures: Inside the Squire and Partners-designed Lancer Square
Buyers have already picked up half of the residences at CIT's long-awaited super-prime scheme on Ken Church Street
In Pictures: Romantic Mayfair mansion debuts at £40m
8,000 square foot affair on South Street was once the home of Dame Barbara Cartland, the most successful romance novelist of all time.
City high-rollers return to Prime London
Proportion of £2m+ buyers from a City/finance background hit a six-year high in 2019
Top-end national estate agency launches ‘self-employment model’
Fine & Country is launching a new self-employed business model to run alongside its existing license model.