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Architect wins legal battle over ‘free’ advice to neighbours
Ambitious landscaping project in Highgate ended up as a cautionary tale for design professionals
New Mayfair boss for Savills as Lloyd moves on
Agency installs new leadership at its flagship Mayfair & St James's operation after confirming the departure of one of its best-known agents.
Why 2020 is looking like a year for determined purchasers
The London market should grow in confidence as more buyers decide to hop off the fence, but don’t expect the up-tick in demand to be matched by an increase in supply, warns Saul Empson...
Mapped: Achieved prices and rents across Prime London last year
W1S remained the most expensive postcode area in the capital with an average achieved price of over £2,900 psf
Prime London rents rise for ninth consecutive quarter
Shortage of stock continuing to support values, reports LonRes
Middle Eastern buyers pile into the UK’s prime country house market
Knight Frank has noticed a tripling in the relative number of Middle Eastern buyers spending over £5m on English country houses...
‘Seismic’ tax hike proposed for super-prime New York property
Recommendations by the New York Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform would even out the Big Apple's property tax system.
Surveyors to crack down on conflicts of interest
The RICS is to review its ethical standards with a view to stamping out conflicts of interest over valuations.
Carrington on Q4: Just how bad was 2019?
LonRes Chairman William Carrington looks back at how last year compared to previous downturns, and forward to Prime London's prospects in the year ahead...
Agents optimistic amid busiest PCL market for three years
Buyers have finally returned to the prime postcodes, reports LonRes, but keep an eye on those stock levels...
200-year-old building firm Symm calls in administrators
Heritage building contractor Symm & Company has gone into administration, as has specialist dry-lining contractor Astins.
£16m price tag for important St George’s Hill mansion
Punch Magazine once described how Hamstone House 'stands out like the Duchess of Windsor's flamingo brooch in a local jewellers window'