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Property investor-developers have reduced intended UK spend by £1.2bn, says the BPF
The British Property Federation has published a "Covid-19 recovery roadmap", suggesting that Stamp Duty be temporarily cut for institutional build-to-rent investors, and a reduction of VAT on residential…
Major housebuilder moves out of London as the pandemic has a ‘profound impact’ on the business
Redrow has "decided to scale-back [its] operations in London" to focus on regional projects. The Covid-19 pandemic has "shifted home movers' priorities", says the firm.
‘Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a year’
Ranked: The Conservative Party's biggest donors from the property sector
New platform aims ‘to build a complete picture of the property market’
Anthony Codling has launched a new website, Twindig, with an ambition to host an online profile for all of the UK’s 28 million homes.
Berkeley Group founder & chairman Tony Pidgley dies aged 72
One of the industry’s most successful and influential figures
Countrywide reveals lockdown impact & bounce-back performance
"Early trading indicators in England are encouraging and we expect a similar bounce back in Wales and Scotland," says Countrywide's Board ahead of the Plc's AGM
Savills looks to recovery with lessons learned from the GFC
Agency has taken a similar approach to 2008/9, when conditions were also beyond control, to mitigate the impact of market shutdowns; trading update reports “substantial increases” in activity levels in …
Hill teams up with Bioregional for affordable eco-home drive
New housebuilding JV aims to deliver innovative zero-carbon homes with "permanently protected" reduced prices.
Billionaire brothers go to court over asset sharing letter
The Hinduja brothers are embroiled in a High Court case over a six year old letter which states that “assets held in any single brother's name belong to all four”.
How it feels to steer a proptech start-up through a crisis
2020 was going great guns for Tom Reiss and the AI assistant he created for rental agencies and property managers - until the world was turned upside down by a global pandemic; here, he explains how he …
Strutts bolsters senior team; hints at digital shift & London expansion
Venerable national agency names new heads of regional, rural estates, new homes & London divisions; wider strategy to involve ‘shift towards digital estate agency’ and boosting market share in the cap…
NAEA boss warns ‘Covid fatigue’ could force another property market lockdown
"If the sector is seen to be abusing the safety rules, the Government has the right to withdraw its consent to keep the housing market open," warns Mark Hayward, Chief Executive of the National Association o…