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Agents: We’ll sell derelict Mayfair house for £30m

18.11.09
It may be the middle of a recession and the property is derelict, but estate agents are confident of finding buyers for a £30 million Mayfair house which has just gone on the market... more

Rich Italians turn SW3 into Chelsienna

17.11.09
Chelsea is seeing an unprecedented influx of Italians buying property as tax amnesty from Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi led to a stampede for addresses in west London... more

City bonuses boost hopes of a winter house buying spree

26.10.09
Estate agents are pinning their hopes on a surge in activity over the winter as City bankers plough lavish bonus payments into the housing market... more

Top-bracket estate agents attack curb on bonuses

02.10.09
Upmarket estate agents today warned that Alistair Darling’s curb on bankers’ bonuses could knock the property market’s fragile recovery in desirable London postcodes ... more

Wipe-out at Savills as profits collapse

27.08.09
The recovery in the London housing market was not enough to stop a profits collapse at Savills ... more

Leslau's Max sets £200m float tag

21.05.09
Max Property, the vehicle being set up by tycoon Nick Leslau to take advantage of rock-bottom real-estate prices, today said it will float its shares at 100p each, raising £200 million from investors ... more

Property investor tells how he was 'deceived' by Savills

18.05.09
A property investor who is suing a leading estate agency over the sale of his seven-bedroom country home has spoken of how he was ‘deceived’... more

Savills: house market down until 2012

01.05.09
Estate agency Savills predicted the housing market may not recover until 2012 - a year later than previous forecasts... more

Flats snapped up as agents use 'sensible pricing' policy

23.04.09
Almost three-quarters of the properties in a major new private development in north London have been snapped up within three weeks... more

The time for tears is past, and now we must move on

13.03.09
The fifth stage of grief is acceptance. This was certainly the mood at a meeting of 300 property fund managers in the City on Monday... more

Moody's and Savills add to housing market cloud

11.03.09
There were more ominous signs about the prime middle-class housing market as Savills posted its first loss in years... more

Savills directors share £60m bonus pot despite the slump

09.03.09
Directors at Savills are set to share huge bonuses despite the housing market slump... more

25 per cent - that's how much you need to cut your asking price to sell your home

17.02.09
Estate agents have identified a "tipping point" that they claim will bring buyers flooding onto the property market... more

Candy brothers selling three homes for £100m

23.01.09
Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy are trying to sell three homes in London for £100million, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Savills' new profit warning as things go from bad to worse

17.12.08
Property: Property giant Savills has confirmed the worst fears of the market - things keep getting worse... more

Hester decides to bank on a property rally

20.10.08
Stephen Hester, the boss of British Land and the soon-to-be chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has called the bottom of the property market, claiming it will be “some time next year”... more

'Worst for decades' as Savills issues its first-ever profits alert

17.10.08
Property giant Savills stuns the City with its first-ever profits warning... more

Office developments slump

10.10.08
The slump in the commercial property market deepened last month as the crisis crippling financial markets hit funding streams. ... more

Property

08.10.08
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch. ... more

Developers feel a crunch chill

10.09.08
Property: Commercial property developers were hit by a sharp decline in business last month as the credit crunch crippled the market... more

Savills slumps by 41% after a plunge in sales

28.08.08
Property giant Savills report s a 41% slump in profits as sales of homes and offices collapse... more

Streets of gold by the sea

30.07.08
As the Camerons and Browns choose British resorts for their summer holidays, Connie Allfrey seeks out the seaside towns where demand for second homes is still soaring... more

Savills plunges on warning of dive in top home values

08.07.08
Housing slump has spread to the heart of London in what many in the City took as a shock profits warning... more

Forget falling house prices - land is booming just like oil

26.06.08
Buy land, they're not making it any more - that was the advice of Mark Twain more than 100 years ago, and it still looks pretty sound today... more

Savills warns of 25% fall in London house prices

24.06.08
One of London's biggest estate agencies warned house prices in the capital could drop by as much as a quarter... more

House market throttled as loans fall 56%

24.06.08
The biggest ever fall in the number of mortgages being approved has been reported... more

Savills profits on wind farms

12.06.08
The upmarket estate agent is set to make a £17m profit on the sale of a real estate collection... more

Once red-hot property market hits big freeze

28.04.08
London's once red-hot housing market is now frozen in a property ice age, with fearful buyers either reluctant or unable to commit themselves... more

Savills bosses in the money as profits soar

04.04.08
Bumper profits saw bosses at property giant Savills paid more than £1m last year... more

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