Leading estate agent Mullucks Wells has created specially tailored ‘for sale’ boards for properties which are on the market on the precise route of the Tour de France in Essex and Cambridgeshire, to celebrate the event.

Six properties in Essex stand alongside the exact route that the 198 cyclists will take in Stage 3 of one of the most famous free sporting events in the world. The homes with a road side view of the action also have the advantage of a prime spot as the publicity caravan rolls through, generating the carnival atmosphere famed the world over. More than 3 billion people are

The right of council tenants to buy their homes in Scotland is due to be abolished by the Scottish Parliament.

The Conservatives will make a last-ditch attempt to block the move at Holyrood. But the government proposal is set to be backed by a large majority of MSPs.

The right to buy was brought in across the UK by Margaret Thatcher's government in 1980, with almost half a million homes being sold under the system.

Right to buy has driven-up home ownership in Scotland. But it has also contributed to an acute shortage of social housing. That is why the Scottish government has said it wanted to

Auction House Scotland is poised to sell its most expensive house next month (guide price £1.3m), which is recorded as once having sheltered Bonnie Prince Charlie.

The award winning brand is expected to auction up to 100 lots in its largest ever sale in Glasgow on 3 July 2014. Monkstadt, an impressive estate on the Isle of Skye is being auctioned with a starting price tag of £1.3m. The 'B' Listed  house was originally built as a Laird's house for the Macdonald’s of Sleat using stone and other materials from nearby Duntulm Castle. There is a record that Lady Margaret Macdonald from Benbecula to

A one bedroom garden flat in a prestigious area of north west London is due to be auctioned next month at the bargain price of £350,000.

The property, 44 Priory Road, South Hampstead, is close to the shops and restaurants of West End Lane, and while similar homes in the road are selling for more than £700,000 this one has a lifetime tenancy attached. This means the current tenant can live at the property rent free and any new owner will not be able to receive an income during their tenure.

Auction House London Director, Jamie Royston said, “This is more of a long term pension investment than

Margaret Thatcher's former home is to go on the market for up to £35 million after wealthy foreign buyers have been attracted by its “blue plaque effect”.

The house in Belgravia, London, will go up for sale after its current owners complete a major refurbishment project which will include two basement floors and a connection to a mews property behind.

Lady Thatcher lived at the property on Chester Square, which was sold for just £4.16m because of its short lease, until the year before her death at the age of 87.

It is expected a figure of around £35m could well be realised as trophy-hunter

East Kilbride Shopping Centre is up for sale with a £175million price tag.

Recently rebranded EK East Kilbride, the largest undercover shopping centre in Scotland has been put on the market by its owner Delancey.

The move comes as the centre undergoes a major refurbishment with plans to create a leisure hub at the Olympia with new restaurants and a gym operating alongside the existing cinema. South Lanarkshire Council last year unveiled plans for a £1.5m investment in the ice rink, with work expected to be completed late next year.

Delancey bought East Kilbride Shopping Centre, together with

Studs meant to repel rough sleepers from a block of flats have been removed, a London council has said.

Residents at the private flats on Southwark Bridge Road, south London, said they had appeared a few weeks ago after someone had been sleeping rough. More than 120,000 people had signed a petition calling for their removal.

Southwark Council said they were "pleased" the spikes had been removed. The company that manages the flats has not commented.

On Thursday supermarket chain Tesco said it would remove spikes from outside a central London store after protestors said they were "anti-homeless

Commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton has today announced the acquisition of BTWShiells’s commercial division.

Northern Ireland's number one consultancy

BTWShiells is Northern Ireland’s leading firm of commercial property consultants, employing 75 people at its headquarters in Clarence House in Central Belfast.  BTWShiells’s existing management team of Keith Shiells, Paddy Brennan, Donall McCann, Paul Gamble and Stuart Draffin will retain leadership roles in Lambert Smith Hampton’s operations in Ireland. 

The deal involves the purchase of BTWShiells’s highly-regarded commercial

Are you considering selling up and want to know how much your property might be worth at auction? If so, why not send us a few details about your property, and one of our auctioneers will give you a ring, to chat further about your requirements. Our auction teams are passionate about their work and are recognised as leading specialists in their sector having sold a wide variety of commercial, residential and mixed-use property, land and development sites.

Selling a property by auction is easier than many people think, and the prices that we achieve are usually higher than expected too. Our

Auction House became the first residential auctioneer in the UK to sell more than 1,000 lots in 2014, reaching that milestone two weeks earlier than last year.

The award-winning group ended May having sold 1,021 lots since January, with figures up by 15% on 2013. The 1,000th property in question was a three bedroom mid-terrace property in Carlisle, Cumbria, which sold close to the top of its guide price, for £44,000.

Commenting on the latest statistics, Founding Director Roger Lake said: “These figures make impressive reading, particularly in the more challenging auction market out there