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International landscaping award launches with $100k prize
The inaugural International Landscape Architecture Prize winner will be announced in 2021
A delicate balancing act: Lucian Cook presents the case for Stamp Duty reform
There's been a lot of talk about Stamp Duty switches and tinkering in recent weeks - amped-up by some mixed-messaging from the Chancellor over the weekend.
London & South East no longer dragging on national house price growth
'The house price recovery that began in the spring has been sustained', according to the latest update from LSL & Acadata, reporting a 'turnaround' in the southern regions...
‘Pre-Brexit buying spree’ bolsters asking prices, but more properties are stuck in a legal log-jam
Rightmove's index indicates a "pre-Brexit buying spree" as agreed sales jump up by 6.1%
Potential ‘£5.5m’ uplift on Adam-designed mansion project in Belgravia
An unlisted £6.5m townhouse on Headford Place could be transformed into a £12m stonker, according to agents...
Proportion of overseas buyers in PCL falls below 50%
Foreign purchasers accounted for 44% of transactions in London's most expensive neighbourhoods during H1, down from 58% in 2018, as global economic and political factors impacted on demand...
Stamp duty theatrics descend into farce
Sajid Javid distances himself from the idea of switching the stamp duty tax burden from buyers to sellers, after commentators accuse the new Chancellor of 'killing the property market'
Homes England adds four to its Board
Mark Rennison, Olivia Scanlon, Sadie Morgan and Vanessa Murden have joined the Homes England Board, taking its non-exec count from six to 10.
Developer Yoo teams up with travel company for luxury holiday rental JV
John Hitchcox's design-led property firm Yoo has formed a joint venture with a travel company, opening up over 80 of its luxury residential developments around the world to holiday rentals.
Friday Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
A weekly stock check, powered by LonRes
Derelict £15m Billionaires’ Row mansion finally finds a buyer
After lying empty and neglected for 15 years, Kenmore House on The Bishops Avenue is set to return as either a trophy home or super-prime apartment scheme following a deal at 'just under £20m'
Sicilian standoff stalls Monaco’s $2bn Le Portier project
The tiny principality's efforts to enlarge its land area by building a whole new neighbourhood off the coast have been hit by delays over the sourcing of 1.2 million tonnes of sand from Sicily