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What a week it has been
During the economic crisis of 1964, prime minister Harold Wilson memorably remarked that a week is a long time in politics. In the economic crisis of 2022, we could perhaps update the saying – a weekend is plenty long enough to machine-gun yourself in the foot.
Listed development options lead Savills’ October catalogue
Country house and north London apartment block with development potential are star lots in bumper line-up
The winter’s tale
As I write, the government’s emergency “fiscal event” to get the nation through the winter has not yet been formally announced, but the details have been leaking out via the newspapers as readily as heat seeps out of an EPC ‘G’-rated property.
Bond Wolfe achieves ‘healthy results’ at September auction
Firm says high sales rate shows there is still keen interest in UK property from domestic and international bidders.
An example to us all
A frequent observation of the past week has been that the Queen’s death came as a shock. Despite her advanced age and obvious frailty when appointing Liz Truss as PM, none of us expected a gentle handshake in Balmoral to be her last official act.
As staff return to offices, how many are ‘quietly quitting’?
On 7 February, the Cabinet Office began collecting statistics on how many civil servants were at work in 19 key central London buildings. Almost all the departments covered have seen a steady resumption of office-based working.
Fire station to join blaze-hit home in Clive Emson auction
The auction house showcases its biggest catalogue of the year so far, with three £1m-plus lots up for grabs
Long-lease investment opportunities top 48-lot Acuitus catalogue
A retail property in Crawley, West Sussex, tops a 48-lot catalogue issued by Acuitus ahead of its 22 September sale.
Clark versus Clarke
It will take a while for the dust to settle, now that we have a new prime minister in Liz Truss, a new chancellor in Kwasi Kwarteng and a new levelling-up and housing secretary in Simon Clarke.