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‘Land & property are under-taxed’: Influential think tank calls for ‘fundamental’ economic reforms
"Fundamental reform has happened twice before in the last century following periods of crisis," says the IPPR in a major new report "– with the Attlee government’s Keynesian reforms in the 1940s and…
RIBA launches weekly ‘live magazine’ at 66 Portland Place
Held at the Institute's iconic Art Deco HQ each Wednesday evening, The Architects Underground is aimed at 'everyone who has a love of, an interest in or an opinion on architecture and design'
‘Coastal residents may need to systematically retreat’
The Global Commission on Adaptation - led by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and Kristalina Georgieva - has warned that "coastal residents may need to systematically retreat" as a result of climate change and…
Spectator competition winners: If Shakespeare had been an estate agent
How would The Bard have sold a house? Would Hemingway, Thoreau or Pinter have been able to stir up interest with syntax alone?
50 years on: Why don’t local people have a greater say in their neighbourhoods?
There have been lots of planning policy overhauls since 1969, when the Government's Skeffington Report suggested 50 ways to get communities more involved in local property development matters.
‘Ultimate penthouse’ in Belgravia fetches over £22m
The fifth and sixth floor unit at the Foster + Partners-designed 21 Chesham Place scheme has changed hands at nearly £4k psf
Native Land appoints sales agents on debut Marylebone scheme
The developer's mixed-use reworking of Regent House in a JV with The Portman Estate is delivering 24 luxury apartments, along with office and retail space
Trendwatch: Are penthouses falling out of favour with New York’s super-rich?
A number of billionaires and A-listers have been opting for mid-level units over the top decks of NYC's super-tall towers - but why?
Property transactions in Kensington & Chelsea have tumbled by 42% since the EU Referendum
London's prime boroughs have been hardest hit by a dramatic fall in property sales since June 2016
Online estate agency trio take on Keller Williams franchise in Essex
Russell Quirk, Anthony Quirk and Mark Readings have acquired the Essex patch for American estate agency franchise giant Keller Wiliams
Olshan boss sues celebrity interior designer for ‘walking off the job’
Andrea Olshan of Manhattan-based Olshan Properties claims Vicky Charles 'began to separate herself' from projects in NYC and the Hamptons 'to work for more A-List clients such as the Duke and Duchess of…
Ex-Savills & Knight Frank agent launches PCL consultancy
Led by husband and wife team David and Laura Turner, David Turner Property will be handling sales and acquisitions across the premier postcodes